Implant Placement
Implant Placement
Complications commonly arise from any surgical procedure. The possibility and severity of these complications vary depending on all the circumstances of each individual surgery. The same is true for breast augmentation. One factor in determining any potential complications you may encounter is how and where the breast implants are placed. The placement can also affect the final appearance..
There are four commonly used methods of placing breast implants. The placements vary from being underneath, below or against the pectoralis muscle. These methods achieve different results as well as encountering different complications.
The subpectoral technique is the most common method used in North America. It has the lowest rate of capsular contracture. The subglandular method has a higher capsular contracture rate, but is thought to produce results that are more natural in appearance. This method also might show ripples or wrinkles in the implant in women with thin tissue in the placement area.
The benefits of a third method, subfascial, are still being debated. Supporters claim the method helps in sustaining the implant position. The fourth technique is called the submuscular implant. This method is commonly chosen when doing full breast reconstruction.
Your surgeon may have a preferred method, or choose it based on each individual case. He should discuss the method choices available to you before surgery is scheduled. No particular method rules out the chance of complications just as no method assures them either. And the appearance achieved by one technique may differ from person to person.
More Articles
Breast Augmentation Not A New Idea
Silicone Or Saline Whats The Difference
After Breast Augmentation Complications
Related Products And FREE Videos
More Articles
... over the IMF. Transaxillary incisions are placed in the armpit. This allows the implants to be placed without visible scars on the breasts. It s also more likely to consistently achieve symmetry of the inferior implant position. Periareolar incisions are placed along the areolar border. The incision is ...
... because of a severe breast abnormality, is considered primary reconstruction surgery. Corrections or revisions to this surgery are called revision-reconstruction surgery. Breast augmentation patients are usually younger, healthier and from higher socio-economic status than the population norm. These women ...
After Breast Augmentation Complications
... or even years following the implant surgery. Within the first few years, 2-8% of breast augmentation patients report experiencing chronic breast pain. Another 1-2% report breast sensitivity changes, and 3-10% experience nipple complications like losing sensations within that area. These reports are generally ...
... mammographic studies suggesting a rupture. Silicone implant ruptures rarely result in deflation. The silicone leaks into the space around the implant. This indicates the need for removal of the implant. The risk and treatment of extracapsular leakage is controversial. It s agreed the gel is difficult ...
Breast Augmentation Not A New Idea
... the 1950s and 1960s. An estimated 50,000 women received injections of silicone. In some of these women, hardening of the breasts and development of silicone granulomas (small nodules) were so severe, mastectomies were needed for treatment. 30 years after these treatments, women are still seeking medical ...