Persistent Reduced Pigmentation of Areola after Breast Reconstruction with Brava-assisted Autologeous Fat Grafting
| Autor: | Caroline Holkmann Olsen, Anders Klit, Christina S. Gramkow |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry lcsh:Surgery lcsh:RD1-811 Case Reports Hypoplastic breasts Surgery body regions Transplantation surgical procedures operative medicine.anatomical_structure Unilateral breast hypoplasia medicine Fat grafting skin and connective tissue diseases Breast reconstruction business After treatment Areola Bioresorbable vascular scaffold |
| Zdroj: | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, Vol 2, Iss 12, p e261 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 2169-7574 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/gox.0000000000000226 |
| Popis: | Breast reconstructions using fat graft are an established treatment.1–4 Recent studies showed high degree of patient satisfaction and low complication rate after treatment with fat graft for hypoplastic breasts anomalies.5,6 The Brava system (Brava, LLC, Miami, Fla.) is used together with fat grafting to improve survival of the fat graft in breast reconstruction and augmentation. The Brava system applies negative pressure within a breast-shaped plastic dome fitted specifically for each patient. The vacuum acts as an external tissue expander by preparing the skin of the breast for the following fat grafting procedure. Moreover, it is believed that the negative pressure generates a vascular scaffold inside the breast improving the recipient site susceptibility. The Brava system is expected to enhance the fat graft survival, enabling higher transplantation volumes. We describe a single patient case treated with Brava-assisted fat grafting for unilateral breast hypoplasia, which resulted in reduced pigmentation of areola on the treated breast. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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