Augmentation Mammaplasty

1.Foreword 2.Introduction 3.An historical perspective - implants, surgeons, and the breast implant industry 4.Patient education and informed consent 5.Imaging of the breast - what pictures can and cannot do 6.Quantitating patients' tissue characteristics - the key to taking augmentation to the next level and optimizing long-term outcomes 7.Data acquisition and management for breast augmentation - preoperative assessment 8.Breast implants and implant soft-tissue dynamics - the next level of surgeon understanding that determines long-term outcomes for the patient 9.Implant pocket locations for augmentation 10.Incision approaches for augmentation 11.Operative planning and implant selection 12.Implant volume selection based on tissue criteria - the TEPID TM system 13.Preoperative preparation and marking 14.Preoperative care and anesthesia for augmentation 15.Surgical techniques and instrumentation for augmentation: the essential principles 16.The inframammary approach for augmentation 17.The axillary approach for augmentation 18.The periareolar approach for augmentation 19.The umbilical approach for augmentation 20.Perioperative and postoperative care 21.Redefining patient recovery - 24-hour return to normal activities 22.Management of specific breast deformities and problems 23.Augmentation - mastopexy 24.Capsular contracture and tissue stretch: factors the patients and surgeon can't control 25.Complications of breast augmentation: decisions and methods 26.Surgical facility design and management 27.Experience with saline anatomic breast implants - the McGhan Style 468 28.Experience with saline anatomic breast implants - the McGhan Style 410 29.The future: challenges and directions