Lateral displacement and synmastia after augmentation mammo- plasty (literature review)

Abstract

Augmentation mammoplasty is one of the most frequently performed plastic surgeries. The stability of the aesthetic result depends on many factors: the composition of the integumentary tissues of the patient, the weight, shape and design of the implant itself, its interaction with surrounding tissues, surgical technique and postoperative period. In the domestic literature available to us, such complications as lateral displacement and synmastia are practically described. Much attention is paid to implant displacements to the sides. In the English-language literature, attention is paid only to synmastia. It turns out that the appearance of the mammary glands after augmentation depends not only on the state of the mammary gland tissues, but also on the anterior contour of the chest. The review paper discusses modern views on the displacement of the mammary glands to the sides after their augmentation with implants. Treatment of these complications. To search for foreign literature on the topic of the study, the PubMed system of the US National Library of Medicine was used. A combination of words was used  as keywords to search for the necessary information and sources: “augmentation of the breast”, “lateral displacement”, “sinmastia”.