breast implant

Interesting Cases

Rare Presentation of Breast Implant Infection and Breast Implant Illness Caused by Penicillium Species

06/03/2022

Natalie Kuhn, BA; Christopher Homsy, MD

Natalie Kuhn, BA; Christopher Homsy, ...

This case reports a 39-year-old woman with capsular contracture in addition to generalized symptoms who was found to have Penicillium fungal species infection of a saline implant 20 years after original augmentation mammaplasty. Penicillium...

This case reports a 39-year-old...

06/03/2022

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Original Research

A Simple and Practical Method for Setting Up a Criterion of Projection of Silicone Breast Implant After Simple Mastectomy

03/27/2021

Naohiro Ishii, MD, PhD, Jiro Ando, MD, Michiko Harao, MD, PhD, Masaru Takemae, MD, and Kazuo Kishi, MD, PhD

Naohiro Ishii, MD, PhD, Jiro Ando, MD...

The present study aimed at a quantitative analysis based on decreased projection of the reconstructed side compared with silicone breast implant projection and to develop a new method for simple and practical decision of silicone breast...

The present study aimed at a...

03/27/2021

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Original Research

A New Criterion for the Application of 2-Stage Implant-Only Breast Reconstruction Using a Classification Based on the Rostrocaudal Distance Along the Chest Wall Between the Lowest Point of the Breast and Inframammary Fold

03/27/2021

Naohiro Ishii, MD, PhD, Jiro Ando, MD, Michiko Harao, MD, PhD, Masaru Takemae, MD, and Kazuo Kishi, MD, PhD

Naohiro Ishii, MD, PhD, Jiro Ando, MD...

This study aimed to evaluate degree of breast ptosis based on the rostrocaudal distance between the IMF to the lowest point of the breast and suggest a useful and practical criterion for obtaining good aesthetic good outcomes and a...

This study aimed to evaluate...

03/27/2021

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Heterotopic Ossification in Breast Prosthesis

03/27/2021

Publisher:Open Science Company, LLC
Nuno Fradinho, MD, Alice Varanda, MD, Joao B. Martins, MD, and Pedro A. Martins, MD

Publisher:Open Science Company, LLCNu...

Heterotopic Ossification in Breast Prosthesis Nuno Fradinho, MD, Alice Varanda, MD, João B. Martins, MD, and Pedro A. Martins, MD Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central,...

Heterotopic Ossification...

03/27/2021

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