Abstract
We present a maneuver in which negative pressure is used to ease the insertion of gel prosthesis in augmentation mammoplasty and, therefore, reduce the risk of prosthetic rupture during surgery. A polyvinyl urethral catheter, inserted in the areolar incision, is attached to the surgery room vacuum pump. The negative pressure thus created allows the prosthesis to be inserted safely.
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Ronan Horta de Almeida, A. Insertion of mammary gel prosthesis with negative pressure. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 4, 339–341 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01575236
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01575236