Hybrid breast augmentation: our surgical approach and formula for preoperative assessment of fat graft volume.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Autogenous fat grafting (AFG) is a well-known procedure utilized in addition to breast augmentation (BA) to improve breast appearance. Plastic surgeons usually estimate the ideal AFG volume relying on their personal experience based on similar previous cases: inaccurate predictions could result in incorrect evaluation of donor sites and even needless fat transfer. The purpose of this paper is to describe and prove the validity of our surgical technique and provide a simple and easy-to-use mathematical formula to assess the adequate proportion, between the volume of the implants and of the AFG, in order to obtain a natural shape and a proper volume in BA.

Methods

One hundred and twenty-two patients (244 breasts) were subjected to primary/secondary hybrid BA (HBA).

SUBMITTER: Trignano E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9638795 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature