Open AccessPrepectoral Revision Breast Reconstruction for Treatment of Implant-Associated Animation Deformity: A Review of 102 Reconstructions
Author(s) -
Allen Gabriel,
Steven Sigalove,
Noemi M. Sigalove,
Toni StormDickerson,
Jami Rice,
Nicole Pope,
G. Patrick Maxwell
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
aesthetic surgery journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.528
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1527-330X
pISSN - 1090-820X
DOI - 10.1093/asj/sjx261
Subject(s) - medicine , deformity , implant , seroma , breast reconstruction , capsular contracture , surgery , soft tissue , tissue expansion , pectoralis major muscle , inframammary fold , wound dehiscence , breast implant , mastectomy , scars , complication , breast cancer , cancer
Animation deformity is a direct consequence of subpectoral implant placement for breast reconstruction following mastectomy. Current treatment options ameliorate but do not address the source of the problem. Moving the implant from subpectoral to prepectoral has the potential to eliminate animation deformity.
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