Aesthetic Breast Augmentation Revision Surgery: From Problem to Solution

This book deals with the management of difficult breast augmentation revision cases. After critically reviewing the complication rate in aesthetic breast augmentation, the authors go on to discuss the importance of the inframammary fold. Moreover, this book provides detailed instructions on how to manage capsular contracture; wrinkling; animation deformity; implant rotation and waterfall deformities; symmastia; implant rupture; infection and implant exposure; double bubble; and bottoming out. Each chapter starts with a short explanation of the complication, followed by step-by-step revision procedures. Checklists, high-quality images, flowcharts and bullet point-like presentations will help surgeons solve these various problems. Well-structured chapters and a concise format make this book a quick reference guide that aids clinicians in making decisions and providing treatment.

About the Author

Professor Roy de Vita received his medical degree in 1981 and specialized in plastic surgery in 1986. From 1986-2002, he was deputy head of Medical Hospital at Rome "La Sapienza" University, department of Plastic surgery. Since June 2002, he is Chief of the Plastic surgery department of the National Institute for cancer "Regina Elena" in Rome. He is also Chief "ad interim"of Dermatological and Regenerative Plastic Surgery, S. Gallicano Institute, Rome. He is a specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgery and completed his medical training in the United Kingdom, where he worked at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, the General Hospital in Brighton, Kent and Sussex Hospital in Canterbury, and Saint Bart's Hospital in Rochester. He pursued further training in plastic surgery at Mountain View Hospital in Camino Real, California (USA); Clinique Spontini in Paris (France); and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Professor de Vita is a member of the Italian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SICPRE), the American Society for Plastic Surgery (ASPS) and the Italian Society for Surgery (SIC) and his main clinical and scientific interest is reconstructive and aesthetic breast surgery.