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ArticleAesthetic plastic surgery2026

Letter in Reply to Comment on: "Pocket Conversion from Prepectoral to Retropectoral Implant Placement in Breast Reconstruction: A Cost-effective Solution for High-Grade Rippling and Implant Visibility".

Maria Lucia Mangialardi, Giovanni Zoccali, Roy De Vita

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Article in Aesthetic plastic surgery, 2026. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Maria Lucia MangialardiPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery department-I.R.C.C.S. "Regina Elena" National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi, 53, 00128, Rome, Italy. marialucia.mangialardi@hotmail.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4826-887X
Giovanni ZoccaliPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery department-I.R.C.C.S. "Regina Elena" National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi, 53, 00128, Rome, Italy.
Roy De VitaPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery department-I.R.C.C.S. "Regina Elena" National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi, 53, 00128, Rome, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Posterior capsule reuse during conversion from prepectoral-to-retropectoral breast reconstruction provides reliable inferior muscular stabilization and implant coverage. In selected patients with high-grade rippling or contour deformity, this technique represents a safe, reproducible, and cost-effective alternative to biologic matrices, preserving pocket stability and natural breast contour.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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Breast ImplantationBreast ImplantsBreast NeoplasmsMammaplastyPectoralis MusclesCost-Benefit AnalysisFemaleHumansTreatment OutcomeImplant visibilityPocket conversionPrepectoral breast reconstructionRetropectoral conversionRippling

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PMID41954639

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