Complications and Surgical Treatment of Breast Augmentation Using Autologous Fat Transfer and Fillers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast augmentation with autologous fat grafting or hyaluronic acid injection requires minimal loss of healthy tissue. With an increasing trend of breast augmentation with these fillers, accompanying complications have also increased. Patients with complications often complain of induration, cyst formation, calcification, and infection, which require surgical treatment. We will discuss these complications and their surgical treatment through our experience of cases.

Methods

This retrospective study included 20 patients who all required surgical treatment due to breast augmentation complications such as induration, cyst formation, calcification, and infection, and who visited us between May 2007 and June 2018. The patients' ages ranged from 25 to 63, and the mean a

SUBMITTER: Sakai S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8367042 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature