Ted Eisenberg, DO, FACOS: No financial relationships to disclose
Learning Objectives:
Identify a specific set of measurements that will assist the surgeon and patient in creating a realistic understanding of an acceptable aesthetic result.
Understand how to address volume differences in asymmetric breasts so as not to exaggerate the upper pole fullness of the larger breast.
Determine degree of breast ptosis in order to assess if a mastopexy is needed or if implants alone could give the illusion of a lift.
Recognize how breast width diameter is a limiting factor for maximum implant volume and why saline implants can often provide larger volumes than silicone.
Distinguish how a woman with a long torso length may not be able to have her breasts appear higher.
Appreciate how measurements are a valuable reminder of a patient’s preoperative anatomy and may be useful at post-op visits for patient reassurance, limitations of any revision surgery, or third-party evaluations and judgments.
