Yale-trained, board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Gary Lawton unveiled a new breast implant revision system called at Lawton Plastic Surgery in San Antonio, Texas called the Advanced Breast Implant Revision Program.
Rather than viewing revision surgery as a single operation, the Advanced Breast Implant Revision Program approaches every patient as a unique reconstructive problem requiring individualized solutions.
The program integrates more than twenty-five years of surgical experience with contemporary scientific literature, meticulous operative technique, enhanced recovery principles, and evolving strategies designed to reduce complications and improve long-term outcomes.
Depending upon the patient's anatomy, implant history, tissue characteristics, and intraoperative findings, treatment may include implant exchange, capsulotomy, partial capsulectomy, total capsulectomy, capsulorrhaphy, implant pocket modification, implant plane conversion, correction of animation deformity, or combinations of these procedures.
The Advanced Breast Implant Revision Program addresses a broad spectrum of revision problems, including:
- Recurrent capsular contracture
- Implant malposition
- Implant rupture
- Animation deformity
- Breast asymmetry
- Implant exchange
- Implant size changes
- Aging breast implants
- Correction of previous cosmetic breast surgery
A surgeon must evaluate implant position, pocket anatomy, capsule quality, tissue thickness, previous incisions, implant integrity, muscle function, and the patient's aesthetic goals before determining the safest and most appropriate corrective strategy.
"One of the greatest misconceptions about breast implant revision is the belief that every patient requires the same operation," said Dr. Lawton. "Revision surgery is not defined by one technique. It is defined by careful analysis, sound surgical judgment, and selecting the right operation for the individual patient."
Breast implant revision is one of the fastest-growing and most technically demanding areas of cosmetic plastic surgery. The Advanced Breast Implant Revision Program was developed to address this demand while sticking to its ongoing commitment to combining peer-reviewed science with decades of clinical experience in complex cosmetic breast surgery.
