Open AccessA Simple Atraumatic Way to Remove Breast Implants
Author(s) -
Giuseppe Nisi,
Matteo Campana,
Massimiliano Calabrò,
Anna Brafa,
Carlo DʼAniello
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
plastic and reconstructive surgery/psef cd journals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.841
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1076-5751
pISSN - 0032-1052
DOI - 10.1097/prs.0b013e3182063651
Subject(s) - medicine , implant , prosthesis , surgery , traction (geology) , plunger , syringe , biomedical engineering , mechanical engineering , composite material , materials science , psychiatry , engineering
The removal of a breast implant is a relatively frequent operation in both plastic surgery and reconstructive surgery. As for the implant also, the removal occurs through rather small skin incisions with respect to the dimensions of the prosthesis. In oue clinic we developed a system for safe removal of broken brest implant