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Popularity of breast augmentation has seen a decrease in number in recent years. At the same time the request for breast implant removal has increased impressively. 77 women undergoing breast implant removal with no exchange were divided into four groups depending on the type of “reverse surgery” following the explantation: simple implant removal, implant removal with lipofilling, implant removal with mastopexy, implant removal with mastopexy and lipofilling. Following this, an algorithm was created in order to standardize the ideal “reverse” surgery. After surgery all patients were followed for at least 6 months in order to collect their level of satisfaction regarding the outcome of the surgery. Majority of patients referred high satisfaction after explantation. Implant-related issues resulted to be the main cause for explantation surgery. Capsulectomy was performed in the minority of cases, as capsule was found to be an ideal layer for fat grafting. Grouping the patients into 4 categories allowed us to investigate a pattern behind the decision to undergo a certain type of secondary procedure and to create an algorithm with general rules that can be used as guide for surgeons. Th

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Author

Barbara Pompei; Vendela Grufman; Giovanni Zoccali; Jian Farhadi

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)