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Less Common Complications of Breast Augmentation

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Breast Augmentation

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There are a number of possible complications in breast augmentation that are less common. Understanding what these complications are and how to prevent and/or treat them is important to the surgeon performing cosmetic breast procedures. These problems include areolar retraction, axillary banding, autoinflation, calcifications, galactorrhea, allergic reactions, malposition of the inframammary scar, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, migration of the implant, myospasm of the pectoralis major muscle, necrosis, neurologic injury, periareolar scar indentation, synmastia (symmastia), thromboembolism, and toxic shock syndrome.

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Shiffman, M. (2009). Less Common Complications of Breast Augmentation. In: Shiffman, M. (eds) Breast Augmentation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78948-2_59

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