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Breast Augmentation, Endoscopic-Assisted: Multimedia

Author: Michael R Davis, MD, Major, Medical Corps, Staff Physician, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, United States Air Force
Coauthor(s): Laurence Z Rosenberg, MD, Southeastern Plastic Surgery; James Neal Long, MD, Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Kirklin Clinics
Contributor Information and Disclosures

Updated: May 7, 2009

Multimedia

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Preoperative markings.

Preoperative markings.

Preoperative photograph of patient before undergo...Media file 2: Preoperative photograph of patient before undergoing transaxillary endoscopic-assisted breast augmentation.
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Preoperative photograph of patient before undergoing transaxillary endoscopic-assisted breast augmentation.

Postoperative photograph of patient after undergo...Media file 3: Postoperative photograph of patient after undergoing transaxillary endoscopic-assisted breast augmentation.
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Postoperative photograph of patient after undergoing transaxillary endoscopic-assisted breast augmentation.

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References

References

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Further Reading

Keywords

transaxillary approach, breast augmentation, transaxillary endoscopic augmentation mammaplasty, breast enlargement, breast enhancement, endoscopic breast enlargement, endoscopic breast enhancement, endoscopic breast augmentation, mammoplasty, breast implants, breast revision, mammaplasty

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Michael R Davis, MD, Major, Medical Corps, Staff Physician, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, United States Air Force
Michael R Davis, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Association for Academic Surgery, and Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Laurence Z Rosenberg, MD, Southeastern Plastic Surgery
Laurence Z Rosenberg, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha and Phi Beta Kappa
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

James Neal Long, MD, Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Kirklin Clinics
James Neal Long, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Plastic Surgery Research Council, Sigma Xi, Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, and Southeastern Surgical Congress
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Pankaj Tiwari, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, Ohio State University
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Pharmacy Editor

Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine
Disclosure: eMedicine Salary Employment

Managing Editor

Saleh M Shenaq, MD†, Former Director and Founder, The International Brachial Plexus Institute; Former Chief, Section of Plastic Surgery, Methodist Hospital, Houston
Saleh M Shenaq, MD† is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association for Hand Surgery, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of Plastic Surgeons, American Burn Association, American College of Physician Executives, American College of Surgeons, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, American Medical Association, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, American Society of Gene Therapy, American Society of Law Medicine and Ethics, American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Trauma Society, Association for Academic Surgery, International College of Surgeons, Lipoplasty Society of North America, Plastic Surgery Research Council, Society for Neuroscience, Society of Surgical Oncology, Southern Medical Association, Texas Medical Association, and Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

CME Editor

Nicolas (Nick) G Slenkovich, MD, Director, Colorado Plastic Surgery Center
Nicolas (Nick) G Slenkovich, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and Colorado Medical Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chief Editor

Stephen C Morris, MD, Resident, Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital
Stephen C Morris, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians and American Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

 
 
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