MemoryGel Breast Implants: Final Safety and Efficacy Results after 10 Years of Follow-Up.

Background: Mentor MemoryGel Breast Implants were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in November of 2006.

Implant Testing and the "Strain Energy" Concept.

Benchtop performance test methodologies differ between manufacturers as regulatory agencies often leave the interpretation of testing standards up to manufacturer discretion, resulting in an inability to directly compare implants across manufacturers. Furthermore, traditional benchtop test methodologies focus on mechanical performance standards to address objective endpoints such as shell strength. However, other more difficult to define clinical performance requirements such as softness and natural feel are often difficult to measure via these methods.

Mentor Contour Profile Gel Implants: Clinical Outcomes at 10 Years.

Background: Contour Profile Gel/MemoryShape breast implants consist of a textured silicone elastomer shell filled with silicone gel. The objective of this clinical study was to assess the safety and effectiveness of Contour Profile Gel/MemoryShape breast implants in women who were undergoing primary breast augmentation, primary breast reconstruction, or revision surgery (revision-augmentation or revision-reconstruction).

Methods: This was a prospective, open-label, multicenter clinical study involving Contour Profile Gel/MemoryShape breast implants in 955 female subjects, including 572 primary augmentation, 124 revision-augmentation, 190 primary reconstruction, and 69 revision-reconstruction subjects.

Indications for the use of MemoryShape breast implants in aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery: long-term clinical outcomes of shaped versus round silicone breast implants.

Background: The availability of different styles of silicone gel implants-including traditional round devices and shaped, form-stable implants-offers a variety of choices for women undergoing breast augmentation and reconstruction. The purpose of this analysis was to characterize clinical outcomes associated with the Mentor MemoryGel (round) MemoryShape/Contour Profile Gel (shaped) devices through 9 years of use in women undergoing breast augmentation or reconstruction.

Methods: The Mentor Core studies are nonrandomized, open-label clinical trials designed to assess the long-term safety and efficacy of silicone gel breast implants.

Mentor Contour Profile Gel implants: clinical outcomes at 6 years.

Background: MemoryShape (Contour Profile Gel) is a textured contoured implant filled with a cohesive silicone gel intended for use in aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery. The 6-year summary of the clinical outcomes and satisfaction rates for this device from a 10-year, prospective, open-label, multicenter clinical trial is presented.

Methods: According to 2006 guidelines set forth by the U.

Facelifts: a contemporary perspective.

The premium that our society has placed on youthful appearance has driven an ever increasing number of patients to seek facial rejuvenation. As the demand for these procedures has increased so has the expectation that these procedures can be performed more safely while ultimately delivering a more natural appearance than has historically been possible. More focused (and often times less invasive) procedures have been developed to better serve the needs of our patients.

Rejuvenation of the aging neck: current principles, techniques, and newer modifications.

Aesthetic improvement of the neck and cervicomental angle remains one of the most challenging aspects of surgical facial rejuvenation. Individuals may become dissatisfied with the appearance of their neck because of changes in skin quality, submental fat, and muscle tone or anatomic position related to aging, weight gain, weight loss, sun damage, and other causes. To achieve the patient's desired result, surgeons use various techniques, either in isolation or in combination.

Endoscopic carpal tunnel release: a review of 753 cases in 486 patients.

Background: Endoscopic carpal tunnel release is gaining increasing acceptance relative to the standard open carpal tunnel release for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. Concerns about endoscopic carpal tunnel release include effectiveness of therapy and complication rates. This study attempted to evaluate outcomes of endoscopic carpal tunnel release in a large patient cohort.

Modifications in rejuvenation of the aging neck.

Surgical treatment of the aging neck should be approached according to the particular anatomic characteristics of the patient. One size does not fit all when speaking of cervicofacial rejuvenation. This article discusses some of the newer techniques used in rejuvenation of the aging neck.

A comparative study of surgical techniques on the cervicomental angle in human cadavers.

Background: The cervicomental (CM) angle is formed by the horizontal plane of the submental region and the vertical plane of the neck.

Objective: To compare the 2-dimensional effect of 4 surgical techniques on the CM angle in a human cadaver model.

Design: Anatomic presurgical and postsurgical comparative study performed on human cadavers preserved with ethylene glycol.