Seroma, with its secondary complications, represents one of the major unsolved problems in
direct to implant breast reconstruction with acellular dermal matrix. The seroma formation not …

Background: As the use of acellular dermal matrices in breast reconstruction has become
more commonplace and efforts are made to improve on postoperative outcomes, the method …

Background Human acellular dermal matrices (ADMs) have enabled successful breast
reconstructions while decreasing muscle donor morbidity and pain for the patient. However …

Background: AlloDerm, a human acellular dermal matrix, is available in a ready-to-use
(RTU) or freeze-dried (FD) form. A limited number of studies have compared complication …

Immediate breast reconstruction relies on healthy mastectomy flaps for success. Tissue
perfusion of these mastectomy flaps is dependent on multiple patient-, operative-, and …

Biomaterials used during surgery and wound treatment are of increasing importance in
modern medical care. In the present study we set out to evaluate the addition of thrombin …

Background: In the United States, approximately 57,000 tissue expander/implant-based
breast reconstructions are performed each year. Complete submuscular tissue expander …

Background: Approximately 250,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed yearly in the
US resulting in more postmastectomy breast reconstructions (PMBRs). The acellular dermal …

Background: Acellular dermal matrices are used in implant-based breast reconstruction. The
introduction of contour fenestrated AlloDerm (Life-Cell, Branchburg, NJ) offers sterile …

The use of acellular dermal matrices in the setting of prosthetic breast reconstruction has
captured the attention of many plastic surgeons. The regenerative capacity of these …