A Limited Submuscular Direct-to-Implant Technique Utilizing AlloMax
Background:. This study evaluates a novel limited submuscular direct-to-implant technique utilizing AlloMax where only the upper few centimeters of the implant is covered by the pectoralis, whereas the majority of the implant including the middle and lower poles are covered by acellular dermal matri...
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| author | Michal Brichacek, MD Kimberly Dalke, MSc Edward Buchel, MD, FACS Thomas E.J. Hayakawa, MD, FRCSC |
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| description | Background:. This study evaluates a novel limited submuscular direct-to-implant technique utilizing AlloMax where only the upper few centimeters of the implant is covered by the pectoralis, whereas the majority of the implant including the middle and lower poles are covered by acellular dermal matrix.
Methods:. The pectoralis muscle is released off its inferior and inferior-medial origins and allowed to retract superiorly. Two sheets of AlloMax (6 × 16 cm) are sutured together and secured to the inframammary fold, serratus fascia, and the superiorly retracted pectoralis. Thirty-seven breasts in 19 consecutive patients with follow-up at 6 months were reviewed.
Results:. Nineteen consecutive patients with 37 reconstructed breasts were studied. Average age was 50 years, average BMI was 24.3. Ptosis ranged from grade 0–III, and average cup size was B (range, A–DDD). Early minor complications included 1 seroma, 3 minor postoperative hematomas managed conservatively, and 3 minor wound healing problems. Three breasts experienced mastectomy skin flap necrosis and were managed with local excision. There were no cases of postoperative infection, red breast, grade III/IV capsular contractures, or implant loss. A single patient complained of animation postoperatively. One patient desired fat grafting for rippling.
Conclusions:. The limited submuscular direct-to-implant technique utilizing AlloMax appears to be safe with a low complication rate at 6 months. This technique minimizes the action of the pectoralis on the implant, reducing animation deformities but still providing muscle coverage of the upper limit of the implant. Visible rippling is reduced, and a vascularized bed remains for fat grafting of the upper pole if required. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c39f2a9951d400d92f6bd11c0d8ef422022-12-21T19:14:16ZengWolters KluwerPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open2169-75742017-07-015710.1097/GOX.0000000000001408gox-5-e1408A Limited Submuscular Direct-to-Implant Technique Utilizing AlloMaxMichal Brichacek, MD0Kimberly Dalke, MSc1Edward Buchel, MD, FACS2Thomas E.J. Hayakawa, MD, FRCSC3From the Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.From the Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.From the Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.From the Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Background:. This study evaluates a novel limited submuscular direct-to-implant technique utilizing AlloMax where only the upper few centimeters of the implant is covered by the pectoralis, whereas the majority of the implant including the middle and lower poles are covered by acellular dermal matrix. Methods:. The pectoralis muscle is released off its inferior and inferior-medial origins and allowed to retract superiorly. Two sheets of AlloMax (6 × 16 cm) are sutured together and secured to the inframammary fold, serratus fascia, and the superiorly retracted pectoralis. Thirty-seven breasts in 19 consecutive patients with follow-up at 6 months were reviewed. Results:. Nineteen consecutive patients with 37 reconstructed breasts were studied. Average age was 50 years, average BMI was 24.3. Ptosis ranged from grade 0–III, and average cup size was B (range, A–DDD). Early minor complications included 1 seroma, 3 minor postoperative hematomas managed conservatively, and 3 minor wound healing problems. Three breasts experienced mastectomy skin flap necrosis and were managed with local excision. There were no cases of postoperative infection, red breast, grade III/IV capsular contractures, or implant loss. A single patient complained of animation postoperatively. One patient desired fat grafting for rippling. Conclusions:. The limited submuscular direct-to-implant technique utilizing AlloMax appears to be safe with a low complication rate at 6 months. This technique minimizes the action of the pectoralis on the implant, reducing animation deformities but still providing muscle coverage of the upper limit of the implant. Visible rippling is reduced, and a vascularized bed remains for fat grafting of the upper pole if required.http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001408 |
| spellingShingle | Michal Brichacek, MD Kimberly Dalke, MSc Edward Buchel, MD, FACS Thomas E.J. Hayakawa, MD, FRCSC A Limited Submuscular Direct-to-Implant Technique Utilizing AlloMax Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open |
| title | A Limited Submuscular Direct-to-Implant Technique Utilizing AlloMax |
| title_full | A Limited Submuscular Direct-to-Implant Technique Utilizing AlloMax |
| title_fullStr | A Limited Submuscular Direct-to-Implant Technique Utilizing AlloMax |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Limited Submuscular Direct-to-Implant Technique Utilizing AlloMax |
| title_short | A Limited Submuscular Direct-to-Implant Technique Utilizing AlloMax |
| title_sort | limited submuscular direct to implant technique utilizing allomax |
| url | http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001408 |
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