Breast Augmentation Research

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Breast Augmentation, Subglandular  [4/1/2003] 
One of the great debates in plastic surgery has focused on whether to place breast implants over or under the pectoralis major muscle.
Comments: A very good and informative article that discusses where to place breast implants, either over or under the muscle. It delves into good and bad points of each and will help you with your decision.

SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANT SURGERY: MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION  [4/1/2000] 
The purpose of this brochure is to assist you in making an informed decision about breast augmentation and breast reconstruction surgery.
Comments: An extremely thorough discussion of saline-filled breast implants, created by Mentor and available on the FDA website. Covers important points to consider, potential complications, clinical studies, results, and post-surgery issues.

Breast Implants - An Information Update - 2000 
FDA was given the responsibility for regulating medical devices, such as breast implants, under a law called the Medical Device Amendments of 1976.
Comments: A thorough and authoritative guide from the FDA, with updated information in 2000. Very comprehensive information about breast implants.

Brochure of Breast Implant Risks  [11/1/2000] 
Product by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Comments: Another docuent from the FDA, this one goes into great detail about breast implant risks and offers an overview of each risk along with pictures illustrating the risks themselves.

Study of Re-operations and Self-Reported Silicone-Gel Breast Implant Rupture (Interview Component)  [5/18/2000] 
FDA has recently completed a study on how often women who had breast implants had to go back to their surgeons for additional surgery on their breast(s). The study was presented at the Sixth World Biomaterials Congress on May 18, 2000.
Comments: This study deals with issues of re-operations and self-reported implant rupture. It covers results of the study and the FDA's conclusion. Very important information.

Study of Rupture of Silicone Gel-filled Breast Implants (MRI Component)  [5/18/2000] 
An FDA study on rupture of silicone gel-filled breast implants was presented at the Sixth World Biomaterials Congress on May 18, 2000.
Comments: Another important and comprehensive study by the FDA that deals with rupture of silicone implants. Includes results and the FDA's conclusion. Very important reading.

Breast Implants  [10/8/2002] 
Information and updates concerning breast implants provided by the FDA
Comments: If you'd like to know what the government has to say about breast implants, and take a look at a variety of research, then this is an excellent resource to browse through.

OLDER PATIENTS BENEFIT FROM MODIFIED COSMETIC PLASTIC SURGERY TECHNIQUES  [2/1/2002] 
NEW YORK, NY (February 1, 2002)--Women and men age 65 and older accounted for 7 percent of cosmetic procedures performed in 2000, and the number of procedures performed on people in this age group has increased 352 percent since 1997, according to statistics from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).
Comments: Important issues that older people should be aware of when considering plastic surgery. Techniques should be modified in order to produce the best possible results. Be aware of this so you can discuss it with your own surgeon.

Lipoplasty-only Breast Reduction  [7/16/2002] 
This position statement was released in July, 2002. Position statements are subject to change as further information becomes available.
Comments: A very interesting and comprehensive article by the ASAPS that delves into breast reduction through liposuction. It compares this method to traditional breast reduction surgery and makes some important points you should be aware of.

BREAST REDUCTION BY LIPOPLASTY (LIPOSUCTION) MEANS FEWER SCARS  [2/1/2002] 
NEW YORK, NY (February 1, 2002)--While plastic surgeons used traditional techniques for most of the approximately 90,000 breast reduction surgeries performed in 2000, there is a growing interest among doctors and their patients in the newer method of "lipoplasty-only breast reduction," says the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).
Comments: Another article by the ASAPS about breast reduction through liposuction, this one focuses more on issues of scars and presents the conclusion that liposuction may mean fewer scars. Still, the article does mention that this procedure may not be the best choice for everyone.

Innovations in Scar Management Offer Encouraging News for African American Plastic Surgery Patients   [1/31/2003] 
With more African Americans having cosmetic surgery, plastic surgeons are developing innovative approaches to reduce and manage unsightly keloid...
Comments: This is a particularly interesting article for African Americans interested in plastic surgery.

SUICIDE IN BREAST IMPLANT PATIENTS: ASAPS COMMENTARY ON A SWEDISH STUDY   [3/19/2003] 
According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), a recent study about suicide in women with breast implants, published in the British Medical Journal, is seriously flawed and, therefore, its conclusions are questionable.
Comments: In this article, the ASAPS comments on the Swedish study suggesting a link between breast implant surgery and suicide. According to the ASAPS, the study was 'seriously flawed.'

Preoperative Identification, Mapping In Head, Neck And Facial Plastic Surgery Prevents Nerve Damage  [2/5/2003] 
Preoperative percutaneous nerve mapping appears promising as an adjunct to head, neck and plastic facial surgery according to recent research.
Comments: Discussion of a study that evaluates a new method to alert surgeons to specific risk areas containing nerves in head, neck, and facial plastic surgery.

ASAPS and ASPS Joint Position Statement Saline-Filled Breast Implants July 9, 2002   [7/9/2002] 
he American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) offered testimony on saline-filled breast implants at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) public advisory committee meeting of the General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel July 9, in Gaithersburg, MD.
Comments: In this joint position paper, the ASPS and the ASAPS go through history, scientific data, and results of the FDA's public advisory committee meeting. They draw their conclusions and present them to you.

Bigger Breasts From Liposuction: Too Good To Be True?  [12/2/2002] 
ew York, NY (December 2, 2002) - Anecdotal reports in the lay press suggesting that lipoplasty (liposuction) - and specifically Power-Assisted Lipoplasty (PAL) - results in increased breast size and volume have not been verified by scientific research.
Comments: From the ASAPS, anecdotal evidence that liposuction may result in increased breast volume... which of course could be great news for patients.

PAIN MANAGEMENT AND AESTHETIC (COSMETIC) SURGERY  [1/15/2003] 
New York, NY (January 15, 2003) - Ask any surgeon what single question patients most often ask prior to undergoing a surgical procedure, and chances are it's "How much will it hurt?" Many aesthetic (cosmetic) surgical procedures cause little or no postoperative pain; but a few can produce short-term acute discomfort. Doctors want every surgery to be as painless as possible, and pain management is now recognized as a vital part of the surgical experience.
Comments: This recent article from the ASAPS talks about major advances in pain managment and how they relate to cosmetic surgery. Covers various issues from local anesthesia to oral opiod combinations.

Study of Silicone Gel Breast Implant Rupture, Extracapsular Silicone, and Health Status in a Population of Women  [5/1/2001] 
The FDA has recently completed a study on the health effects of ruptured silicone gel breast implants. The study was published in the May 2001 Journal of Rheumatology.
Comments: Detailed information about the study, including its results, as well as the FDA's conclusion.

Silicone Gel Breast Implants 
The Report of the Independent Review Group
Comments: A review of breat implants by a third-party.

Cosmetic Surgery -- Cosmetic Surgery Options  [2/28/2003] 
Various Cosmetic Surgery Options, with descriptions of each procedure.
Comments: Basic information regarding cosmetic surgery. Essentially a glossary of a few types of procedures. Really just a fraction of what we already provide.

A Status Report on Breast Implant Safety  [3/1/1997] 
Recently published studies have shown that women with silicone gel-filled breast implants do not have a greatly increased risk of some well-defined autoimmune diseases, which were among the serious health concerns surrounding the devices.
Comments: A rather dated article (1995) that discusses breast implant safety and talks a lot about silicone implants.

Chin augmentation with conchal cartilage. 
Profile enhancement most frequently involves mentoplasty. For this purpose, the author performs conchal grafts to the chin.
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A new ePTFE soft tissue implant for natural-looking augmentation of lips and wrinkles. 
Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) implants have been used for augmentation of thinning lips and wrinkles due to aging for more than 10 years.
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Aesthetic Refinements in Breast Augmentation with Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap: A Case Report. 
The principle of free flaps based on perforator vessels and the development of deep inferior epigastric perforator flap (DIEP) is currently used in reconstructive microsurgery . . .
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Stage of breast cancer at diagnosis among women with cosmetic breast implants. 
Concern has been raised about the potential delay in breast cancer diagnosis in the augmented breast . . .
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The double pocket technique: aesthetic breast augmentation. 
A subglandular versus a subpectoral pocket for breast prostheses has been a subject of discussion over the past quarter century . . .
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