- Preface
- Foreword
- Symbols and Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 How to survive outpatient clinics in breast disease
- Chapter 2 The National Health Service Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP)
- Chapter 3 Multidisciplinary working
- Chapter 4 Anatomy and physiology
- Chapter 5 Breast cancer—facts and figures
- Chapter 6 Breast assessment: making the diagnosis
- Chapter 7 Benign breast problems and their management
- Chapter 8 Surgical management of benign breast disease
- Chapter 9 Gynaecomastia
- Chapter 10 Invasive breast carcinoma: pathology and prognosis
- Chapter 11 Non-invasive breast disease: DCIS, lobular pathologies, and hyperplasias
- Chapter 12 Basic surgery for breast cancer and the management of margins
- Chapter 13 Adjuvant therapy
- Chapter 14 Treatment-induced complications
- Chapter 15 Ward management
- Chapter 16 Breast reduction
- Chapter 17 Oncoplastic mastectomy incisions
- Chapter 18 Breast-conserving surgery: volume displacement
- Chapter 19 Breast reconstruction: volume replacement
- Chapter 20 Lipomodelling
- Chapter 21 Nipple-areola reconstruction
- Chapter 22 Breast augmentation and symmetrization surgery
- Chapter 23 Recurrent breast cancer
- Chapter 24 Management of the high-risk patient
- Chapter 25 Research and audit
- Chapter 26 Complaints, mistakes, and how to minimize problems
- Index
(p. 199) Breast augmentation and symmetrization surgery
- Chapter:
- (p. 199) Breast augmentation and symmetrization surgery
- Author(s):
James Harvey
, Sue Down
, Rachel Bright-Thomas
, John Winstanley
, and Hugh Bishop
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199215065.003.0022
Breast Augmentation and Symmetrisation Surgery. This chapter gives readers an overview of the range of procedures and implants available for augmentation and symmetrisation procedures. Implant choice is described, detailing the difference between textured and smooth implants and the relative benefits of the three common types of implant used worldwide (saline, silicone and polyurethane) as well as expanders. For surgical trainees there is discussion of incision and pocket choice and the common complications of implant surgery including the classification of capsular contracture. Consent issues prior to augmentation are vital and important discussion points are detailed. Types of symmetrisation surgery are outlined along with a guide to the optimal timing of such procedures.
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- Preface
- Foreword
- Symbols and Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 How to survive outpatient clinics in breast disease
- Chapter 2 The National Health Service Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP)
- Chapter 3 Multidisciplinary working
- Chapter 4 Anatomy and physiology
- Chapter 5 Breast cancer—facts and figures
- Chapter 6 Breast assessment: making the diagnosis
- Chapter 7 Benign breast problems and their management
- Chapter 8 Surgical management of benign breast disease
- Chapter 9 Gynaecomastia
- Chapter 10 Invasive breast carcinoma: pathology and prognosis
- Chapter 11 Non-invasive breast disease: DCIS, lobular pathologies, and hyperplasias
- Chapter 12 Basic surgery for breast cancer and the management of margins
- Chapter 13 Adjuvant therapy
- Chapter 14 Treatment-induced complications
- Chapter 15 Ward management
- Chapter 16 Breast reduction
- Chapter 17 Oncoplastic mastectomy incisions
- Chapter 18 Breast-conserving surgery: volume displacement
- Chapter 19 Breast reconstruction: volume replacement
- Chapter 20 Lipomodelling
- Chapter 21 Nipple-areola reconstruction
- Chapter 22 Breast augmentation and symmetrization surgery
- Chapter 23 Recurrent breast cancer
- Chapter 24 Management of the high-risk patient
- Chapter 25 Research and audit
- Chapter 26 Complaints, mistakes, and how to minimize problems
- Index