Breuing KH

[BACKGROUND] Cosmetic surgery tourism has become a significant global industry. Often patients who develop postoperative complications present for care in their US home state. [OBJECTIVES] In this study we evaluated patients who either tra…

[INTRODUCTION] Pediatric reduction mammoplasty has become increasingly common due to the obesity epidemic. While obesity remains the leading cause of macromastia leading to surgery, it may also be a risk factor for postoperative complicatio…

[BACKGROUND] Preoperative surgical risk assessment is a major component of clinical decision making. The ability to provide accurate, individualized risk estimates has become critical because of growing emphasis on quality metrics benchmark…

[OBJECTIVE] To preserve the mastectomy skin envelope in select patients destined to receive radiation following mastectomy, we performed immediate tissue expander-implant reconstruction with a subpectoral tissue expander and an inferolatera…

Mastopexy after massive weight loss (MWL) poses unique challenges that may not be successfully addressed with traditional mastopexy procedures. Several novel techniques have been proposed to improve esthetic outcomes; however, little data e…

Mastopexy and reduction mammaplasty reshape breast parenchyma and restore youthful contour in women with ptotic breasts. However, recurrent ptosis and breast base widening are common. We have been using internal autologous or cadaveric (All…

[PURPOSE] Implant reconstruction is commonly performed to reconstruct mastectomy defects or to correct breast hypoplasia. We have been using an inferolateral AlloDerm hammock as an inferior extension of the pectoralis major muscle to provid…

Reduction mammaplasty is commonly performed for bilateral macromastia, congenital asymmetry, or as a contralateral symmetry procedure in breast reconstruction following mastectomy for cancer. Occult carcinoma has been detected in 0.06 perce…