Nonsurgical Breast Enlargement Using an External Soft-Tissue Expansion System
@article{Khouri2000NonsurgicalBE, title={Nonsurgical Breast Enlargement Using an External Soft-Tissue Expansion System}, author={Roger K. Khouri and Ingrid Schlenz and Brian J. Murphy and Thomas J. Baker}, journal={Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery}, year={2000}, volume={105}, pages={2500-2512} }
Less than 1 percent of the women interested in having larger breasts elect to have surgical augmentation mammaplasty with insertion of breast implants. The purpose of this report is to describe and test the efficacy of a nonsurgical method for breast enlargement that is based on the ability of tissues to grow when subjected to controlled distractive mechanical forces. Seventeen healthy women (aged 18 to 40 years) who were motivated to achieve breast enlargement were enrolled in a single-group…
91 Citations
Efficacy of breast augmentation using an external breast tissue expander for a shorter period while applying higher pressure: a preliminary study
- MedicineArchives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- 2022
It is reported that external breast tissue expanders may be applied safely and effectively with higher pressure and shorter application time with the possibility that breast augmentation using external tissue expander can be a safe, effective, and practical option.
The Brava External Tissue Expander: Is Breast Enlargement without Surgery a Reality?
- MedicinePlastic and reconstructive surgery
- 2007
Long-term breast enlargement without surgery is possible with an external tissue expander, but to avoid disappointments and drop-outs, women have to be well informed about the time and lifestyle commitment.
Breast Augmentation with the Brava® External Tissue Expander
- Medicine
- 2009
An external breast tissue expander (Brava®) was introduced as a nonsurgical alternative to breast augmentation because the distractive force exerted on the breast by the device can stimulate tissue growth and thereby effectively enlarge the breasts.
Refine the Aesthetic Outcome of Implant Based Breast Augmentation Using External Pre Expansion
- Medicine
Breast expansion before final implant augmentation surgery enable the use of a larger implant size, provides adequate natural ptosis and better positioning of the implant on the chest wall, leading to a more natural and symmetrical appearance of the augmented breast.
Tuberous breast correction by fat grafting.
- MedicineAesthetic surgery journal
- 2013
Fat grafting is a reliable technique that produces excellent results and high levels of patient satisfaction for the treatment of tuberous breast and the aesthetic outcome is natural, implant free, and long lasting.
Brava and Autologous Fat Grafting for Breast Reconstruction after Cancer Surgery
- MedicinePlastic and reconstructive surgery
- 2014
Fat grafting with perioperative use of Brava is an alternative to total breast reconstruction in total mastectomy cases and for severely deformed breast-conserving surgery breasts treated with radiation therapy, the contracted skin was difficult to extend despite Brava use, and the results were less satisfactory.
Breast Augmentation by Autologous Fat Transfer
- Medicine
- 2015
Current literature demonstrates low complication rates in experienced hands, mammographic changes distinct from cancer at a rate no higher than that of other cosmetic breast operations, and no apparent effect on the incidence of breast cancer.
Brava and Autologous Fat Transfer Is a Safe and Effective Breast Augmentation Alternative: Results of a 6-Year, 81-Patient, Prospective Multicenter Study
- MedicinePlastic and reconstructive surgery
- 2012
The addition of Brava expansion before autologous fat grafting leads to significantly larger breast augmentations, with more fat graft placement, higher graft survival rates, and minimal graft necrosis or complications, demonstrating high safety and efficacy for the procedure.
Application of Fat Grafting in Cosmetic Breast Surgery.
- MedicineSeminars in plastic surgery
- 2020
The current applications of fat grafting in aesthetic breast surgery are reviewed and an up-to-date summary of its reported outcomes, safety, and complications is provided.
Breast augmentation: Part I--A review of the silicone prosthesis.
- MedicineJournal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS
- 2010
References
SHOWING 1-10 OF 73 REFERENCES
Post-mastectomy breast reconstruction using the inflatable tissue expander.
- MedicineThe British journal of surgery
- 1986
The inflatable tissue expander is simple and safe to use, may be used for immediate reconstruction without compromising the ablative surgery and should be a choice available to general surgeons for providing safe and cosmetically acceptable reconstructive surgery.
Sixty consecutive breast reconstructions with the inflatable expander: a critical appraisal.
- MedicinePlastic and reconstructive surgery
- 1990
Average aesthetic results, often characterized by problems of symmetry, ptosis, and contour, need to be recognized and improved with skin-expansion breast reconstruction.
Measurement of breast volume in females: description of a reliable method.
- MedicineAnnals of human biology
- 1979
The relationship between breast volume, girths, skinfolds, and body density was reported to be low and the reliability of both sand filling and casting proved to be high.
Clinical application of the tension-stress effect for limb lengthening.
- MedicineClinical orthopaedics and related research
- 1990
Clinical application of the author's techniques permits stature increase in certain forms of dwarfism, correction of deformities and limb-length inequalities, and stump elongation, and motorized distraction can provide continuous limb lengthening while the apparatus is on the patient.
The Application of Skin External Expander to Postburn Advanced Scar Contracture
- MedicinePlastic and reconstructive surgery
- 1995
A satisfactory curative effect has been obtained in 44 patients suffering from advanced postburn scars and a new method for expansion of skin soft tissue is provided, which has a bright future in its clinical application.
Long-term clinical outcome of immediate reconstruction after mastectomy.
- MedicinePlastic and reconstructive surgery
- 1985
It is concluded that immediate reconstruction has no discernible adverse influence on the natural history of surgically treated breast carcinoma.
Soft-Tissue Expansion: Concepts and Complications
- MedicinePlastic and reconstructive surgery
- 1984
Soft-tissue expansion complements existing reconstructive techniques and provides new vistas for the plastic surgeon in overcoming a shortage of tissue and for minimizing flap donor-site problems.
Lengthening the human mandible by gradual distraction.
- MedicinePlastic and reconstructive surgery
- 1992
The technique holds promise for early reconstruction of craniofacial skeletal defects without the need for bone grafts, blood transfusion, or intermaxillary fixation.
Regression of Local and Distant Tumor Growth by Tissue Expansion: An Experimental Study of Mammary Carcinoma 13762 in Rats
- Medicine
- 1991
It is concluded that growth of the intradermal 13762 breast tumor in Fischer rats is substantially retarded by placement of a tissue expander beneath the tumor, and this is further diminished by tissue expansion.
A new partly external device for extension of skin before excision of skin defects.
- MedicineScandinavian journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery and hand surgery
- 1993
A new technique of skin extension has been developed, and tested clinically, which is an efficient, rapid, and inexpensive way of expanding skin before excision of skin defects.