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01-04-2012 | Letter to the Editor

Vacuum-Assisted Breast Implant Insertion in Primary Augmentation Mammaplasty

Authors: Roberto Bracaglia, Marco D’Ettorre, Stefano Gentileschi, Damiano Tambasco

Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery | Issue 2/2012

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We read with great interest the article by Savaci and colleagues [1] published in your journal regarding the use of a drainage tube to facilitate breast implant replacement. In fact, they suggested a useful and repeatable trick to exploit during secondary augmentation mammoplasty. …

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Hammond DC (2009) The periareolar approach to breast augmentation. Clin Plast Surg 36:45–48PubMedCrossRef

Bracaglia R, Gentileschi S, Fortunato R (2011) The “triple-plane” breast augmentation. Aesthet Plast Surg. doi:10.1007/s00266-011-9668-1

Hanemann MS Jr, Grotting JC (2010) Evaluation of preoperative risk factors and complication rates in cosmetic breast surgery. Ann Plast Surg 64:537–540PubMed

Title: Vacuum-Assisted Breast Implant Insertion in Primary Augmentation Mammaplasty
Authors: Roberto Bracaglia
Marco D’Ettorre
Stefano Gentileschi
Damiano Tambasco
Publication date: 01-04-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery / Issue 2/2012
Print ISSN: 0364-216X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5241
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-011-9817-6

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Vacuum-Assisted Breast Implant Insertion in Primary Augmentation Mammaplasty

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