A comparison of 500 prefilled textured saline breast implants versus 500 standard textured saline breast implants: is there a difference in deflation rates?W Grant Stevens
Marina Plastic Surgery Associates, Marina del Rey, CA, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 117:2175-8; discussion 2179-81. 2006
..This study provides the first large-volume (1000 implant) comparison of the deflation rates of Poly Implant Prosthesis prefilled textured saline breast implants versus a control group of Mentor Siltex textured saline implants...
Five-year follow-up data from the U.S. clinical trial for Sientra's U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved Silimed® brand round and shaped implants with high-strength silicone gelW Grant Stevens
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 130:973-81. 2012
..This was the first approval for shaped silicone gel breast implants. This article presents the results of Sientra's study through 5 years...
- A prospective study of 708 form-stable silicone gel breast implants
W Grant Stevens
Aesthet Surg J 30:693-701. 2010
..Additional crosslinking between the silicone molecules allows these implants to retain their shape, especially in the vertical position...
- Safe and consistent outcomes of successfully combining breast surgery and abdominoplasty: an update
W Grant Stevens
Private Practice, Marina del Rey, CA, USA
Aesthet Surg J 29:129-34. 2009
..The shortened recovery and financial savings associated with combined surgery contribute to the increased demand for these combined surgeries...
- Clinical experience with a fourth-generation textured silicone gel breast implant: a review of 1012 Mentor MemoryGel breast implants
W Grant Stevens
Aesthet Surg J 28:642-7. 2008
..However, these studies were not standardized with regard to surgeon skill, pocket placement, operative technique, adjunct therapies, or postoperative management...
- Patient retention and replacement trends after saline breast implants: are deflations inflationary?
W Grant Stevens
Marina Plastic Surgery Associates, Marina del Rey, CA, 90292, USA
Aesthetic Plast Surg 33:54-7. 2009
..This study aimed to examine serial operative trends with patients who have experienced surgical implant deflation. In addition, the economic impact of deflation on practice caseload was analyzed...
- One-stage mastopexy with breast augmentation: a review of 321 patients
W Grant Stevens
Marina Plastic Surgery Associates, Marina del Rey, CA, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 120:1674-9. 2007
..Although some recommend a staged mastopexy and breast augmentation, there are currently no large studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of a one-stage procedure...
- In vitro deflation of prefilled saline breast implants
W Grant Stevens
Marina Plastic Surgery Associates, Marina del Rey, CA, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 118:347-9. 2006
..The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not prefilled breast implants retain their volume in packaging...
- Is it safe to combine abdominoplasty with elective breast surgery? A review of 151 consecutive cases
W Grant Stevens
Marina Plastic Surgery Associates and the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 118:207-12; discussion 213-4. 2006
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- Outpatient reduction mammaplasty: an eleven-year experience
W Grant Stevens
Marina Plastic Surgery Associates and the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Aesthet Surg J 28:171-9. 2008
..In the last 15 years, reduction mammaplasty has been increasingly performed on an outpatient basis. Despite this evolution, few outcome studies have been published regarding outpatient breast reduction surgery...
- Does anybody really know what deflation rate it is?
W Grant Stevens
Plast Reconstr Surg 112:1194-5. 2003
