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Filling the Spectrum Expander with Air—A New Alternative
The Spectrum adjustable saline implant is optimal for prepectoral breast reconstruction as it can be placed virtually empty and thus flat, applying no pressure on the overlying skin flap. However, when saline is added, it tends to pool at the bottom of the implant resulting in its uneven surface and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5682184/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29184748 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001541 |
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description | The Spectrum adjustable saline implant is optimal for prepectoral breast reconstruction as it can be placed virtually empty and thus flat, applying no pressure on the overlying skin flap. However, when saline is added, it tends to pool at the bottom of the implant resulting in its uneven surface and rippling. Air filling results in the uniform distribution within the implant shell and smooth even implant surface, which facilitates acellular dermal matrix adhesion. Pressure to the skin flap is averted, patients are more comfortable, and rippling is not seen. |
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spelling | pubmed-56821842017-11-28 Filling the Spectrum Expander with Air—A New Alternative Becker, Hilton Zhadan, Olga Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Ideas and Innovations The Spectrum adjustable saline implant is optimal for prepectoral breast reconstruction as it can be placed virtually empty and thus flat, applying no pressure on the overlying skin flap. However, when saline is added, it tends to pool at the bottom of the implant resulting in its uneven surface and rippling. Air filling results in the uniform distribution within the implant shell and smooth even implant surface, which facilitates acellular dermal matrix adhesion. Pressure to the skin flap is averted, patients are more comfortable, and rippling is not seen. Wolters Kluwer Health 2017-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5682184/ /pubmed/29184748 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001541 Text en Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. |
spellingShingle | Ideas and Innovations Becker, Hilton Zhadan, Olga Filling the Spectrum Expander with Air—A New Alternative |
title | Filling the Spectrum Expander with Air—A New Alternative |
title_full | Filling the Spectrum Expander with Air—A New Alternative |
title_fullStr | Filling the Spectrum Expander with Air—A New Alternative |
title_full_unstemmed | Filling the Spectrum Expander with Air—A New Alternative |
title_short | Filling the Spectrum Expander with Air—A New Alternative |
title_sort | filling the spectrum expander with air—a new alternative |
topic | Ideas and Innovations |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5682184/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29184748 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001541 |
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