ABSTRACT
Women receive breast implants for both aesthetic and reconstructive reasons. This brief review discusses the evolution of and complications related to breast implants, as well as key considerations with regard to aesthetic and reconstructive surgery of the breast.
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- Demetrius M. Coombs, MD
- Ritwik Grover, MD
- Alexandre Prassinos, MD
- Raffi Gurunluoglu, MD, PhD⇑
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic
- Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
- ADDRESS:
Raffi Gurunluoglu, MD, PhD, Department of Plastic Surgery, A60, Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; gurunlr{at}ccf.org
ABSTRACT
Women receive breast implants for both aesthetic and reconstructive reasons. This brief review discusses the evolution of and complications related to breast implants, as well as key considerations with regard to aesthetic and reconstructive surgery of the breast.
- Copyright © 2019 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. All Rights Reserved.