Ropivacaine is a new aminoamide local anaesthetic agent. Unlike other agents in its class, such as bupivacaine, it has been found to be vasoconstrictive. We have sought to investigate if this property is clinically useful and may reduce surgical blood loss. Reduction mammoplasty is a procedure in which considerable blood loss may occur. We have compared pre-incision infiltration of ropivacaine ...

OBJECTIVE Mammography may have some limitations in the diagnosis and screening of breast cancer for women who have previously undergone breast reduction surgery. This study aimed to investigate how the structural defects in the breast tissue formed by postoperative changes are reflected on mammography. MATERIAL AND METHODS The records of patients who had previously undergone breast reduction ...

Subcutaneous implantation of a cardiac implantable electronic device is the standard method. Occasionally, subpectoral cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation via axillary incisions is performed in young female patients for cosmetic purposes. Because subpectoral CIED implantation and augmentation mammoplasty involve the same layer, it is feasible to perform both procedures sim...

is reported to cause infections in immunocompromised patients and also nosocomial outbreaks. This a case of soft tissue infection diabetic patient who underwent surgery on the left breast bilateral reduction mammoplasty following all preliminary investigations. Post operatively, she presented with complaints poor wound healing gap. Immunocompromised state, uncontrolled diabetes topical applicat...

Cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery has increased in popularity among adolescents in the United States. As more adolescents pursue these procedures, an understanding of the psychological aspects of these surgeries becomes increasingly important for the benefit of both patients and providers. The authors review the psychological aspects of cosmetic and reconstructive surgical breast proce...

Augmentation mammoplasty is one of the most frequently performed cosmetic surgeries worldwide. According to Cahan et al. [1], no statistical significance was noted in the mean tumor size, stage, nodal status of breast cancer between augmented patient group and non-augmented patients. Since the rate of breast cancer is radically increasing, and breast augmentation surgery is performed actively o...

In the United States, cosmetic surgical procedures on the breast, both augmentation and reduction, are becoming increasingly common. In the year 2008 alone, breast augmentation was the most commonly performed cosmetic procedure, with 307,230 cases, which signifies a 45% increase from the year 2000. Breast reduction is the fifth most common reconstructive procedure, with 88,732 cases in 2008, si...