CONCLUSIONS: Normative values provide an important reference point for interpreting BREAST-Q data. Normative values will improve the quantification of the health burden of surgical breast conditions. Normative values will additionally provide clinical context for interpreting the changes in satisfaction and well-being associated with breast reduction, augmentation, and breast cancer resection a...

Asymptomatic women who have received silicone injection for breast augmentation have a risk of underestimating breast cancer by palpation, mammography, or breast sonography. Enhanced breast MRI is sensitive to display certain nonspecific enhanced lesions or suspicious lesions. Such nonspecific MRI-detected lesions could be managed by American College Radiology BI-RADS lexicon and selectively wi...

Objectives To evaluate whether the stage distribution among women diagnosed as having breast cancer differs between those who have received breast implants for cosmetic purposes and those with no implants and to evaluate whether cosmetic breast augmentation before the detection of breast cancer is a predictor of post-diagnosis survival. Design Systematic review of observational studies with two

CONCLUSIONS: Normative values provide an important reference point for interpreting BREAST-Q data. Normative values will improve the quantification of the health burden of surgical breast conditions. Normative values will additionally provide clinical context for interpreting the changes in satisfaction and well-being associated with breast reduction, augmentation, and breast cancer resection a...

DESCRIPTION A 48-year-old woman, 34 weeks status post primary cosmetic bilateral breast augmentation, presented with right double-bubble deformity. The patient reported persistent right breast pain, particularly on contraction of the right pectoralis muscle.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this article, the participant should: 1. Be familiar with the medical uses of silicone. 2. Have a working knowledge of the most important epidemiologic studies regarding silicone gel-filled breast implants. 3. Be aware of the issues about which patients desiring breast augmentation or reconstruction with implants must be counseled.

BACKGROUND Mastopexy is a challenging procedure, particularly with the trend toward procedures with lesser scarring. When combined with breast augmentation, the risk of complications is greater than with either component alone. OBJECTIVE An attempt was made to simplify mastopexy, giving a "what you see is what you get" result before any surgical bridges are crossed while minimizing disruption...

BACKGROUND Although there have been reports of single-surgeon outcomes with highly cohesive, form-stable silicone gel implants in women undergoing primary breast augmentation, there has been only one study published that compares the outcomes between the Allergan 410 and the Mentor CPG devices. OBJECTIVES The goal of the study is to compare outcomes in each cohort and to determine if quality ...

BACKGROUND Subfascial placement of breast implants for augmentation has been advocated as an option that has some of the advantages of both the subpectoral and subglandular approaches while minimizing the disadvantages of each. OBJECTIVE The author reports on the use of the subfascial approach in athletic and thin individuals, including extension of the range of applications for this approach...