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Plast Reconstr Surg
August 1999
Villa Massimo Medical Center, Rome, Italy.
Witch's chin is an unpleasant aesthetic defect characterized by ptosis of premental tissue and a deep submental fold, which may be exaggerated by hyperprojection of the mandible. These three elements determine the different degrees of deformity; therefore, the ideal treatment should be directed to one, two, or all three of them. Despite unanimity on the surgical approach of the defect, a large variety of techniques have been proposed by various authors.
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August 1998
Villa Massimo Medical Center, Rome, Italy.
A case is reported of late infection in a breast implant, in a 35-year-old female who underwent breast augmentation with a double-lumen silicone prosthesis combined with abdominoplasty. After 8 uneventful postoperative months, untoward and poorly defined symptoms occurred and further exploratory surgery became necessary. Due to a subacute inflammatory process in the entire pocket of the left breast, the implants were removed.
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