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ArticleAesthetic plastic surgery2025

Reply to Comment to: Tuberous Breast Associated with Chest Wall Deformity: A Challenging Planning for Breast Augmentation.

Leonardo Ioppolo, Mario Alessandri Bonetti, Francesca De Lorenzi

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Article in Aesthetic plastic surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Leonardo IoppoloMarrelli Hospital, Via Gioacchino da Fiore 5, 88900, Crotone, Italy.
Mario Alessandri BonettiDepartment of Plastic Surgery, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milan, Italy. m.alessandribonetti@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-5506-8323
Francesca De LorenziDepartment of Plastic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology - IRCCS, Via Ripamonti 435, 20141, Milan, Italy.

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Abstract

Even in cases of noticeable breasts asymmetry, such as in our case, it is advisable to use implants with the same volume and projection, in order to maintain a similar breast footprint and allow a similar aging behavior over time. This can be achieved by reducing the size of the larger breast, thereby addressing the volume discrepancy before the placement of the implants. However, in our case, the skeletal deformities resulted in a significant disparity in the projection of the right and left sides of the chest wall, hindering the use of breast implants with identical projection. Therefore, due to this asymmetrical chest wall deformity, the left prosthesis was placed behind the central and lateral glandular parenchyma, avoiding hyper-projection in the medial part of the breast.Level of Evidence V This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .

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BreastBreast ImplantationBreast ImplantsMammaplastyThoracic WallAdultEstheticsFemaleHumansTreatment OutcomeBreast augmentationBreast deformityChest deformityTuberous breast

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