Sunday, December 20, 2009

Breast Augmentation: Survey Highlights Recent Trends In Today's Most Popular Cosmetic Surgery Procedure

Despite the awful advancing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of silicone gel implants for corrective purposes in 2006, saline-filled implants abide the a lot of accepted best for primary breast augmentation, according to a abstraction appear in the March/April affair of Aesthetic Surgery Journal.

New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 27, 2009 -- Despite the awful advancing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of silicone gel implants for corrective purposes in 2006, saline-filled implants abide the a lot of accepted best for primary breast augmentation, according to a abstraction appear in the March/April affair of Aesthetic Surgery Journal.

Although the reintroduction of silicone gel implants was accompanied by expectations of a aciculate access in their use, this analysis appear that, a allotment of Aesthetic Society members, acrid implants are acclimated added generally than silicone gel implants However, both acrid and silicone gel implants are acclimated frequently, cautiously and reliably. The approval of silicone gel implants has broadcast the options for women because breast augmentation Nevertheless, accepting favorable accommodating outcomes is usually not abased on the blazon of implant as abundant as the use of patient-appropriate techniques by a able and accomplished surgeon. According to this survey, 60% of surgeons still were application acrid implants, and the all-inclusive majority of these doctors called acrid implants for 75% to 100% of their patients ability first-time breast augmentation. The appear analysis begin that 80% of responding artificial surgeons had added their use of silicone gel implants back their reintroduction in 2006. There were a amount of affidavit for allotment one implant blazon over another. Patient alternative was the a lot of accepted agency active the best of silicone gel implants.

The 27 questions included in the analysis were airish to 1746 associates of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). ASAPS associates were called for the abstraction citizenry in an attack to accumulate abstracts from surgeons who a lot of acceptable accomplish the accomplished aggregate of primary breast accession procedures. Data was aggregate over a 3-month aeon alpha in June 2007.

The analysis aggregate added convenance abstracts on primary breast accession including a lot of accepted cavity location, implant admeasurement and type, and complications:
 

    The majority of surgeons (64%) adopted an cavity abreast the breast crease, while 25% adopted an cavity about the basal bisected of the areola. The boilerplate implant admeasurement appear by 81% of surgeons was 300 to 400 cc (which is about a baby to a abounding "C" cup bra). Smooth implants, rather than implants with a textured surface, were a lot of generally adopted by 92% of respondents because it was the surgeon's preference, beneath wrinkling, or all-embracing bigger after-effects for the patient. Ninety-six percent of surgeons acclimated round, rather than anatomically-shaped, implants. The a lot of accepted position for implant adjustment was beneath the beef (62% of surgeons). The a lot of frequently appear aboriginal aggravation of primary breast accession was nipple awareness changes, while capsular contracture (breast compactness acquired by blister tissue application about the implant) was the a lot of frequently cited delayed complication.
    "Although the reintroduction of silicone gel implants was accompanied by expectations of a aciculate access in their use, this analysis appear that, a allotment of Aesthetic Society members, acrid implants are acclimated added generally than silicone gel implants," said Rod Rohrich, MD and Edward Reece, M.D., the study's chief and advance authors. "However, both acrid and silicone gel implants are acclimated frequently, cautiously and reliably."

    "The approval of silicone gel implants has broadcast the options for women because breast augmentation," says Alan Gold, MD, admiral of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). "Nevertheless, accepting favorable accommodating outcomes is usually not abased on the blazon of implant as abundant as the use of patient-appropriate techniques by a able and accomplished surgeon."

    According to contempo abstracts from ASAPS, breast accession was the top corrective surgical action in 2008, overtaking lipoplasty for the aboriginal time. In 2008, there were 355,671 breast accession procedures, up over 250% from 1997. According to the Society's a lot of contempo statistics, 46% of breast augmentations in 2008 (including both primary and implant backup procedures) were performed application silicone gel implants.

    About ASJ
    Aesthetic Surgery Journal, endemic by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and appear by Elsevier Science, is a peer-reviewed all-embracing account absorption on analytic and accurate developments in corrective anaplasty and corrective medicine. The Journal has subscribers in added than 80 countries. Besides its amalgamation with ASAPS, the arch alignment of board-certified artificial surgeons who specialize in adept surgery, ASJ is aswell the official English-language account of artificial anaplasty societies in Brazil, Israel, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Costa Rica, Colombia, India and The Netherlands, and it is the official account of the Rhinoplasty Society. ASJ's Editorial Board includes artificial surgeons and Interspecialty Editors apery anesthesiology, dermatology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology and analytic psychology. For advice on the Journal, as able-bodied as subscriber and pay-per-view acceptance to the Journal's abounding argument and graphics, go to www.aestheticsurgeryjournal.com.

    About ASAPS
    The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the arch alignment of board-certified artificial surgeons specializing in corrective artificial anaplasty includes Active-Member artificial surgeons certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as able-bodied as International Active Members who authority agnate accreditation in their own countries. For information, appointment www.surgery.org.

    Contact: Adeena Babbitt or Dina Khiry
    212.921.0500
    Please acclaim the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

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