Breast surgery: Breast reconstruction, Mastectomy, Breast implant, Mastopexy, Breast reduction, Needle aspiration biopsy, Lumpectomy

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Breast reconstruction, Mastectomy, Breast implant, Mastopexy, Breast reduction, Needle aspiration biopsy, Lumpectomy, Radical mastectomy, Mammaplasty. Excerpt: A breast implant is a prosthesis used to correct the size, form, and feel of a woman's breasts in post-mastectomy breast reconstruction; for correcting congenital defects and deformities of the chest wall; for aesthetic breast augmentation; and for creating breasts in the male-to-female transsexual patient. There are three general types of breast implant devices, defined by their filler material: saline, silicone, and composite (alternative composition). The saline implant has an elastomer silicone shell filled with sterile saline solution; the silicone implant has an elastomer silicone shell filled with viscous silicone gel; and the alternative composition implants featured miscellaneous fillers, such as soy oil, polypropylene string, et cetera. In surgical practice, for the reconstruction of a breast, the tissue expander device is a temporary breast prosthesis used to form and establish an implant pocket for emplacing the permanent breast implant. For the correction of male breast defects and deformities, the pectoral implant is the breast prosthesis used for the reconstruction and the aesthetic repair of a man's chest wall. (See: gynecomastia and mastopexy) Breast implant: Dr. Vincenz Czerny (1842-1916) a pioneer in breast reconstruction surgery. The 19th centurySince the late nineteenth century, breast implant devices have been used to surgically augment the size (volume), modify the shape (contour), and enhance the feel (tact) of a woman's breasts. In 1895, surgeon Vincenz Czerny effected the earliest breast implant emplacement when he used the patient's autologous adipose tissue, harvested from a benign lumbar lipoma, to repair the asymmetry of the brea...