Browse > Article

Predicting the Degree of Breast Size in Augmentation with Cohesive Gel Implant  

Lee, Jung-Ho (Department of Plastic Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Seo, Je-Won (Department of Plastic Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Lee, Paik-Kwon (Apgugeong Avenue Plastic Surgery Clinic)
Oh, Deuk-Young (Department of Plastic Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Rhie, Jong-Won (Department of Plastic Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Ahn, Sang-Tae (Department of Plastic Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Publication Information
Archives of Plastic Surgery / v.37, no.3, 2010 , pp. 256-258 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: Predicting the change in breast size for a specific patient's need is a challenging problem in breast augmentation. We intended to investigate the postaugmentation degree of breast size according to the size of cohesive silicone gel implant. Methods: To predict post-augmentation breast size, we measured 100 patients' pre-and postoperative 3 month's bust circumference. All patients were performed by total subfascial breast augmentation with moderate profile cohesive silicone gel implant through areolar omega (transareolar-perinipple) incision. Results: According to this study, each additional one pair of 100 mL in implant size yielded an approximate 1.5 cm increase in bust circumference (p=0.006). Conclusion: From this result, we conclude that each additional one pair of 100 mL in implant volume yielded about 1.5 cm increase in bust circumference. Although this result may not be applied to every patient, we believe that it yields a practical chart that can help to predict the amount of increase in breast size with the use of cohesive silicone gel implant of a specific size preoperatively.
Keywords
Breast augmentation; Cohesive silicone gel implant; Breast size change;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
  • Reference
1 Tebbetts JB: Alternatives and trade-offs in breast augmentation. Clin Plast Surg 28: 485, 2001
2 Karabulut AB, Ozden BC, Arinci A: A nomogram for predicting the degree of breast augmentation according to implant size. Aesthetic Plast Surg 32: 298, 2008   DOI   ScienceOn
3 Pechter EA: A new method for determining bra size and predicting postaugmentation breast size. Plast Reconstr Surg 102: 1259, 1998   DOI   ScienceOn
4 Regnault P, Baker TJ, Gleason MC, Gordon HL, Grossman AR, Lewis JR Jr, Waters WR, Williams JE: Clinical trial and evaluation of a proposed new inflatable mammary prosthesis. Plast Reconstr Surg 50: 220, 1972   DOI   ScienceOn
5 Caulfield RH, Niranjan NS: Innovative techniques: a novel technique for intraoperative estimation of breast implant size in aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery. Aesthetic Plast Surg 32: 126, 2008   DOI   ScienceOn