Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

LIVE: Thursday 27th June 2024, 18:00-19:30 (CEST)
Join our expert panel to discover why you need to understand the drivers of non-adherence in your patients, and how you can optimize medication adherence in your clinics to drastically improve patient outcomes.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2/2008

01-03-2008 | Innovative Technique

Treatment of the Fibrous Capsule on Mammary Implants: A Technical Innovation for Changing the Implant from the Subglandular to the Submuscular Plane

Authors: Omar D. Ventura, Hector Marino, Gaspar A. Marcello

Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery | Issue 2/2008

Login to get access

Abstract

The details and technical resources used in changing subglandular implants with fibrous capsules to the submuscular plane are described. A simple technique is proposed involving explantation followed by a partial capsulectomy that leaves in its place a patch from its deep plane that is adherent to the pectoralis muscle. This patch can be used as an access to the retromuscular space with no injury to the muscle. It finally will be expanded as a mesh to allow a normal projection of the implant.
Literature
1.
2.
Spear S, Carter M, Ganz J (2006) The correction of capsular contracture by conversion to dual-plane positioning: Technique and outcomes. Plast Reconstr Surg 118:103S–113SPubMedCrossRef
3.
Collis N, Sharpe DT (2000) Recurrence of subglandular breast implant capsular contracture: Anterior versus total capsulectomy. Plast Reconstr Surg 106:792PubMedCrossRef
4.
Tebbetts JB (2001) Dual-plane breast augmentation: Optimizing implant–soft tissue relationships in a wide range of breast types. Plast Reconstr Surg 107:1255PubMedCrossRef
5.
Vazquez B, Given KS (1987) A review of subglandular and submuscular implantation. Aesth Plast Surg 11:101–105CrossRef
Metadata
Title
Treatment of the Fibrous Capsule on Mammary Implants: A Technical Innovation for Changing the Implant from the Subglandular to the Submuscular Plane
Authors
Omar D. Ventura
Hector Marino
Gaspar A. Marcello
Publication date
01-03-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery / Issue 2/2008
Print ISSN: 0364-216X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5241
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-007-9056-z

Other articles of this Issue 2/2008

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2/2008 Go to the issue

Original Article

Bicompartmental Breast Lipostructuring

Original Article

The Factors Considered by Editors of Plastic Surgery Journals in Evaluating Submitted Manuscripts

Original Article

The Use of Mechanical Acoustic Vibrations to Improve Abdominal Contour

Original Article

Allogenous Cartilage Graft Versus Autogenous Cartilage Graft in Augmentation Rhinoplasty: A Decade of Clinical Experience

Review

Numeric Expression of Aesthetics and Beauty

Review

Infections After Plastic Procedures: Incidences, Etiologies, Risk Factors, and Antibiotic Prophylaxis