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Volume 6, Issue 6
April 2001

MAMMOPLASTY
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Augmentation mammoplasty complaints:

1. Encapsulation ( Contracture)

a. distortion
b. firmness

2. Device failure

  a. leakage
  b. rupture

3. Wrong size

4. Infection

5. Repeat surgeries (costs)

6. Nerve damage - sensory loss

Reduction mammoplasty complaints:

1. Unexpected ugly scars
2. Too much/little tissue removed
3. Nipples partly lost or distorted or displaced
4. Dissatisfied with resulting shape
5. Need for revision surgery (costs)

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