Background: Of all mastopexies performed in the authors' facility, approximately 77 percent
of patients have an implant placed simultaneously. The unique challenges and safety …

Background There are many methods of measuring the breast and their clinical applications
are well described in the literature. However, there has been no attempt to compare these …

Background: Despite the growing popularity of breast lift surgery, no published study
prospectively evaluates mastopexy and augmentation/mastopexy. Several investigators …

Background: Evaluation of changes in breast shape, particularly “upper pole
fullness,”“breast projection,” and “bottoming out,” has been made difficult by the lack of an …

Mastopexy includes multiple skin incision design and parenchymal manipulation options.
Patient evaluation includes assessment of goals, degree of ptosis, tissue volume, skin …

Background: Our understanding of breast shape and size changes after surgery is limited by
a lack of measurement studies that evaluate and compare changes in breast dimensions …

Background: Augmentation mastopexy remains a procedure wrought with high rates of
complications and revisions given the diametrically opposing forces in this combined …

Background: The safety of augmentation mastopexy has been questioned. Staging has
been recommended for women deemed to be at higher risk, such as women with greater …

Background: The simultaneous combination of both fat grafting to the breast and mammary
implants has been recently proposed as a useful technique in breast augmentation surgery …

One major objective of all types of breast reduction procedures is to achieve a long-lasting,
stable and aesthetically pleasing three-dimensional (3-D) breast shape, but current surgical …