A new type of dual-plane breast augmentation: Redefining parenchyma-muscle interface in high mobile glandular ptotic breast.

Background: High mobile glandular ptotic breasts present the greatest challenge for implant breast augmentation with suboptimal outcomes occurring frequently. Here, we describe and evaluate an innovative approach for breast augmentation in this breast type. By widely disrupting and redefining the parenchyma-muscle interface, this technique offers opportunities to restore the takeoff point of the breast and improve the fullness of the upper pole, thus producing a "perkier" breast appearance.

Pectoral Nerve Blocks Under Direct Vision During Endoscopic-Assisted Transaxillary Breast Augmentation: A Novel, Effective Regional Blocking Approach.

Background: Endoscopic-assisted transaxillary breast augmentation allows performing Pecs block under direct visualization. This study aimed to describe this new technique and demonstrat its short-term efficacy and safety with a preliminary clinical study.

Methods: Patients enrolled for transaxillary endoscopic-assisted prosthetic breast augmentation between February 2022 and March 2023 in two medical centers were included in the pectoral nerve block group.

Aesthetic Improvement of Body Proportion Through Trunk Liposculpture: A Waistline-based Strategy.

Background: Abdominal contouring through liposuction has been practiced for decades. However, few studies have focused on describing the definition and enhancement of the waistline in torso contouring procedures.

Objectives: In the present study, the authors proposed a waistline-based strategy for abdominal liposculpture to achieve a better aesthetic outcome and emphasize high overall patient satisfaction.

Association Between Body Weight and Removed Weight in Women Undergoing Reduction Mammaplasty-A 17-year Retrospective Study of 1777 Breasts.

Background: Breast hypertrophy causes physical and psychological symptoms. Reduction mammaplasty is a surgical procedure to lessen discomfort. However, there is a dispute about whether the weight of breast resection is related to body weight.

What Can We Learn from Breast Implant Explantation: a 28-Year, Multicenter Retrospective Study of 1004 Explantation Cases.

Background: Implant-based breast augmentation remains popular, but the controversy over the safety and longevity of implants has continued. An event-based analysis of reasons for implant explantation may provide us with some insight into the controversy.

Methods: Data from May 1994 to October 2022 of explantation cases from aesthetic breast augmentation in three medical centers were retrospectively reviewed.

Hybrid Breast Augmentation: Double Benefit or Double Risk? A Comparative Study of 932 Cases.

Background: The authors propose a hybrid breast augmentation (HBA) method combining implants and fat grafting and explore the outcome and safety through a retrospective, single-center, propensity score-matched, comparative study.

Methods: Outcome, satisfaction, and complications were compared between the HBA group (302 cases) and the implant-based breast augmentation (IBA) group (353 cases), and between the HBA group and the autologous fat grafting (AFG) group (277 cases).

Results: The mean follow-up period was 31.

Analysis of Patient-Reported Outcomes After Breast Reconstruction: A Retrospective Study.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effects of surgical timing, procedure, and age, on complication rates, health-related quality of life, and postoperative satisfaction, in patients who underwent breast reconstruction.

Methods: The data of 80 patients who underwent breast reconstruction surgery between August 2004 and June 2018 were reviewed. Patients were grouped according to surgical timing, procedure, and age.

Analgesic Efficacy of Pectoral Nerve Blocks in Implant-Based Mammoplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objective: To evaluate the analgesic effect of pectoral nerve block in implant-based mammoplasty.

Methods: EMbase, PubMed, Web of science, MEDLINE, CNKI, Wanfang Database, VIP and other databases were searched from establishment to February 2022 by computer to collect randomized controlled trials which applied pectoral nerve block in implant-based mammoplasty, and meta-analysis was conducted after data extraction and quality evaluation of the literature meeting the inclusion criteria.

Results: A total of 336 patients in seven RCT studies were included in this study.

The Impact of Ammonium Chloride-Based Erythrocyte Lysis Process on Banked Adipose-Derived Stem Cells.

The safety of banked human adipose-derived stem cells (hADSCs) purified by 155 mM ammonium chloride (NHCl)-based erythrocyte lysis has not been evaluated. This study was conducted to determine the impact of NHCl-based erythrocyte lysis on the biological characteristics of cryopreserved hADSCs. Stromal vascular fractions (SVFs) were obtained from lipoaspirates and purified with NHCl-based erythrocyte lysis (lysis group) or without (nonlysis group).

The cell yields and biological characteristics of stromal/stem cells from lipoaspirate with different digestion loading ratio.

Effective harvesting procedure for adipose tissue is demanded by the affordable Good Manufacturing Practice-Compliant Production of clinical-grade adipose tissue-derived stem cells (hADSCs). Enzymatic digestion using collagenase is the most reliable method of adipose tissue-derived stem cells (hADSCs) isolation, while the optimized loading volume ratios of digestion to container during the shaking process of adipose tissue and collagenase mixture are still lacking. This study was conducted to determine the optimized loading volume ratio (mixture to container) for enzymatic digestion of Stromal/Stem Cells from lipoaspirate.

Locally Increased Level of Inorganic Phosphate Induced Nodules or Calcification After Bolus Fat Grafting.

Background: Nodules or calcifications have been a common complication after breast augmentation with fat grafting, especially in cases with partial bolus fat grafting. There are some clinical preventive measures, but mechanisms related to this complication have not been elucidated yet. Inorganic phosphate (PI), being a product of fat metabolism, is a well-known stimulus of other kinds of pathological calcification such as vascular calcification.

Methods used for evaluation of volume retention rate in autologous fat grafting for breast augmentation: a systematic review.

Background: Autologous fat grafting has gained popularity in breast augmentation. Various methods can be used to estimate the volume retention rate. This systematic review aimed to establish whether the type of method used for measuring breast volume is a factor that influences the reported volume retention rate.

Complications Following Subpectoral Versus Prepectoral Breast Augmentation: A Meta-analysis.

Background: Subpectoral and prepectoral planes have commonly been used in implant-based breast augmentation. The effect of implant plane on complication rate was still unclear. This meta-analysis demonstrated current evidence with regard to comparison of complication rates between subpectoral and prepectoral breast augmentation.

Breast Reconstruction in Poland Syndrome Patients with Latissimus Dorsi Myo Flap and Implant: An Efficient Endoscopic Approach Using Single Transverse Axillary Incision.

Background: Breast hypoplasia or amastia with pectoralis major muscle defect in female Poland syndrome patients always necessitates surgical intervention. This study aims to introduce an efficient endoscopic technique to perform breast reconstruction in Poland syndrome patients with a latissimus dorsi myo flap and an implant using a single transverse axillary incision (ELDM + IMPLANT) and to evaluate its safety and effectiveness.

Methods: A prospective study was designed to recruit Poland syndrome candidates for ELDM + IMPLANT breast reconstruction.

The Comparison of Scars in Breast Implantation Surgery with Inframammary Fold Incision Versus Axillary Incision: A Prospective Cohort Study in Chinese Patients.

Background: A prospective cohort study was developed to compare the surgical scars in the axilla and the inframammary fold at short-, medium- and long-term time periods after surgery.

Methods: Patients who underwent primary breast augmentation with implants in our department were divided into two groups based on the incision location they chose and were followed up for scar assessment at 1 month, 6 months and 12 months post-surgery from June 2012 to March 2016. Each scar was evaluated by the Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS) and patient satisfaction score.