Using Ginger Oil to Treat Nausea and Vomiting Following Breast Augmentation Surgery.

We conducted a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, single-center study involving 30 women undergoing breast augmentation surgery with silicone breast implants. All patients had an A cup breast size and a similar body mass index. We placed the same type of implant in a subpectoral dual plane in each patient.

Predicting the expansion of the lower pole of the breast following smooth breast implant augmentation: A novel shear wave elastography study.

Objectives: This study aimed to educate and demonstrate how the use of shear wave elastography (SWE) can be used to determine the elasticity of patient tissues preoperatively, which can then be used to predict the level of lower pole expansion postoperatively, following breast augmentation surgery.

Materials And Methods: This study evaluated 60 breasts in 30 patients that were divided in 3 equal groups (n = 20) according to their predefined elastography criteria measured via SWE (loose, moderate, and tight tissue elasticity). All measurements were taken under maximum stretch between the inferior border of the nipple alveolar complex (NAC) and inframammary fold (IMF) using a measuring tape in millimetres (mm).

Ultrasonographic Identification of Shell Surface Types in Commercially Available Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants.

Background: Breast implant safety issues have resulted in the need for global product recalls and medical device tracing. Conventional methods of breast implant tracing, have to date proven to be unsuccessful. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of high-resolution ultrasound (HRUS) screening in identifying implanted breast devices.

Assessing the Efficacy of the S-PECS Block in Breast Augmentation Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial.

Background: Postoperative acute and chronic pain following breast surgery is a common complication that needs resolving to allow for improved patient outcomes. Previously, thoracic epidurals and paravertebral blocks have been the accepted standard administered intraoperatively. However, more recently the introduction of the pectoral nerve block (PECS and PECS-2 blocks) has appeared promising to control the pain more effectively, but further robust analysis is required to prove its efficacy.

The surface topography of silicone breast implants mediates the foreign body response in mice, rabbits and humans.

Silicone is widely used in chronic implants and is generally perceived to be safe. However, textured breast implants have been associated with immune-related complications, including malignancies. Here, by examining for up to one year the foreign body response and capsular fibrosis triggered by miniaturized or full-scale clinically approved breast implants with different surface topography (average roughness, 0-90 μm) placed in the mammary fat pads of mice or rabbits, respectively, we show that surface topography mediates immune responses to the implants.

Hybrid Implant and Grafted Fat Breast Augmentation: Designing the Pathway to a Future With Breasts Free of Silicone Breast Implants.

Background: Fat grafting in breast augmentation surgery is becoming increasingly popular, allowing surgeons to fill the gaps that implant augmentation alone cannot. However, one of the current issues surrounding fat grafting is the lack of standardization.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to validate and summarize expert-based advice to help plastic surgeons better understand the benefits of utilizing fat grating to reduce implant size in their surgical planning.

Bulb Cannula Safety for Breast Fat Grafting.

Autologous fat transfer is a common technique to refine the contour of the breast after prosthetic augmentation or reconstruction, correcting remaining asymmetries by injecting previously harvested fat tissue with a cannula. Current procedures are often performed without visualization of the cannula at the delivery site and may require subsequent verification of the implant's integrity. The present paper aims to evaluate the safety of a new bulb tip cannula to be used during breast implant procedures for injecting fat adjacent to a breast implant that reduce the risk of damaging the implant.

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Abdominoplasty: A Holistic 8-Point Protocol-Based Approach to Prevent DVT.

Background: Plastic surgery as a specialty is afflicted with one of the highest incidence rates of thromboembolic events, with abdominoplasty procedures known to assimilate the greatest rates of deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop a prophylactic protocol to reduce the rate of DVT occurrence postabdominoplasty.

Methods: Over a 7-year period 1078 abdominoplasty patients were enrolled onto a holistic 8-point prophylaxis protocol.

Expert Consensus on the Use of a New Bioengineered, Cell-Friendly, Smooth Surface Breast Implant.

Background: Although general guidelines are available for established silicone gel breast implants, the unique characteristics of the latest Motiva implants warrant specific guidelines.

Objectives: This study aimed to generate consensus recommendations and summarize expert-based advice to better understand current surgical practices and to establish guidelines for surgeons transitioning from other implant devices to the Motiva implants.

Methods: A survey was compiled by 12 plastic surgeon experts in aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery and 1 biotechnology scientist, and distributed to 36 plastic surgeons to establish a consensus on the use of these devices.

The Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale: Confirmatory Factor Analyses and Validation among Serbian Adults.

We examined the validity of the Serbian version of the Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale (ACSS; Henderson-King and Henderson-King 2005). A total of 622 Serbian adults completed the ACSS, along with Serbian translations of measures for the discrepancy between actual body weight and ideal body weight, body appreciation, sociocultural attitudes toward appearance, and demographics. Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to compare how different ACSS models fitted the collected data.

Preliminary 3-Year Evaluation of Experience With SilkSurface and VelvetSurface Motiva Silicone Breast Implants: A Single-Center Experience With 5813 Consecutive Breast Augmentation Cases.

Background: Silicone breast implants have been in use for breast augmentation for more than 50 years, but technological innovation has been lacking in implant design until recently.

Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate the complication and reoperation rates following breast augmentation utilizing the Motiva silicone breast implants.

Methods: This retrospective study evaluated the safety of Motiva implants in 5813 consecutive cases of breast augmentation.

Hair follicle growth by stromal vascular fraction-enhanced adipose transplantation in baldness.

Great interest remains in finding new and emerging therapies for the treatment of male and female pattern hair loss. The autologous fat grafting technique is >100 years old, with a recent and dramatic increase in clinical experience over the past 10-15 years. Recently, in 2001, Zuk et al published the presence of adipose-derived stem cells, and abundant research has shown that adipose is a complex, biological active, and important tissue.

Safety and Efficacy of Subfascial Calf Augmentation.

Background: Calf augmentation surgery is one of the least popular procedures among plastic surgeons; in contrast, it is by far one of the most gratifying procedures among patients. In this article, the authors present a retrospective analysis of a surgeon's extensive experience with calf implants.

Methods: The authors retrospectively analyzed 134 patients having calf augmentation for cosmetic and reconstructive surgery in their practice from 2003 to 2015.

Unraveling Factors Influencing Early Seroma Formation in Breast Augmentation Surgery.

Background: It is often assumed that seroma formation trails closely behind with incidence rates reported at 1 to 2%. Seroma is highly problematic for both the surgeon and patient and results in both patient anxiety and discomfort, succeeded by frequent outpatient visits, follow-up treatment, increased costs, and potentially hampered aesthetic outcomes. Consequently, it is now more important than ever to study seroma and to assess its pathophysiology and mechanisms of prevention.

Anatomical aspects of the gastrocnemius muscles: A study in 47 fresh cadavers.

Background: This study offers objective dimensions of the gastrocnemius muscle and analyzes correlations between dimensional variables, with a view to providing guidance on the proportions of a healthy gastrocnemius muscle for both genders.

Methods: This anatomical study was conducted at the Institute of Forensic Medicine Faculty of Medicine University of Belgrade, Serbia, from May until November 2014. We included 47 fresh cadavers (up to 12-h postmortem interval) both male and female.

A Preliminary Assessment of the Predictability of Fat Grafting to Correct Silicone Breast Implant-Related Complications.

Background: Fat grafting in breast augmentation surgery is becoming increasingly popular and is allowing surgeons to fill the gaps that implant augmentation alone cannot. However, one current issue surrounding fat grafting is resorption.

Objectives: In this prospective study, the authors present their experience of fat grafting and resorption in 26 patients who had fat transfer to correct deformities or asymmetries following primary breast enlargement surgery.