The Pyramidal Flap: an Innovative Technique for DIEP Flap Refinement.

DIEP flap is considered the gold standard technique for breast reconstruction. One of the most frequent contour deformities after breast reconstruction with DIEP flap is a step-off deformity at the interface between the native chest wall and the reconstructed breast. Different techniques have been used to address this problem.

Comparing Round and Anatomically Shaped Implants in Augmentation Mammaplasty: The Experts' Ability to Differentiate the Type of Implant.

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the aesthetic results of subpectoral augmentation mammaplasty using anatomically shaped versus round prostheses are differentiable.

Methods: Thirty observers (i.e.