A surgical perspective from two decades of breast augmentation: toward state of the art in 2001
Tebbetts, J.B.
Clinics in Plastic Surgery 28(3): 425
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0094-1298 PMID: 11471952 Document Number: 534839
This article summarizes the author's perspective of two decades of breast augmentation based on clinical experience using virtually every type of implant, incision location, pocket location, dissection technique and instrumentation available from 1977 to 2001. Based on this experience, the author focuses on patient education, the importance of patient choice, patient evaluation and preoperative planning, surgical techniques, patient recovery, and factors to limit reoperations.