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Video endoscopy for breast hypoplasia and glabellar frown lines has been used since 1996 at our private clinic. Breast augmentation with an S-shape incision for transaxillary access is utilized to introduce the implant, in a submuscular or subglandular and, recently (since October 1998), in a subfascial location. From August 1998 through January 1999, 62 patients underwent endoscopic surgeries; 49 were submuscular, 5 subglandular, and 8 subfascial. McGhan 410, anatomical biodimensional implants 155 to 235 g, were used. We observed three cases of complications, two of them malpositioning (rotation), needing reoperation, and one hematoma, treated with drainage. Patient satisfaction was high, especially regarding the axillary incision. There have been no capsular contractions to date.
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Graf, R., Bernardes, A., Auersvald, A. et al. Subfascial Endoscopic Transaxillary Augmentation Mammaplasty. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 24, 216–220 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002660010036
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