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Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 1/2011

01-02-2011 | Letter

Augmentation Mammoplasty in Breasts with Port-wine Stains. Are These Patients at Increased Risk of Haematoma? A Case Report with Comparative Analysis

Author: Umar Daraz Khan

Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery | Issue 1/2011

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Excerpt

Augmentation mammoplasty is a common aesthetic procedures currently performed for self-esteem, confidence, and better body proportions with a very high satisfaction rate. Complications after augmentation mammoplasty are few and broadly categorized as early or late. Early complications after augmentation mammoplasty are not common but often require surgical intervention and include infection and hematoma. The reported incidence of infection varies from 0.52 to 2.5% [1], and hematoma has a reported incidence of 1.3% [2]. …
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Metadata
Title
Augmentation Mammoplasty in Breasts with Port-wine Stains. Are These Patients at Increased Risk of Haematoma? A Case Report with Comparative Analysis
Author
Umar Daraz Khan
Publication date
01-02-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery / Issue 1/2011
Print ISSN: 0364-216X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5241
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-010-9566-y

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