About this ebook
This book presents the latest and most essential techniques in Aesthetic Mastoplasty, an important field in plastic surgery that allows us to reshape breasts in harmony with the body’s contours and with the patients’ sense of beauty. Moreover, there have been major advances in this area in recent years, leading to improved and more tailored surgical outcomes.
Breast surgeons should familiar with the most recent techniques in breast surgery, in order to provide a high standard of quality and patient-tailored surgical service. With these goals in mind, the book discusses the most important issues in the field, divided into four different sections: General Information for Breast Surgery, Surgical Principles of Breast Surgery, Breast Augmentation, and Liposuction and Lipoinjection.
Written by a respected breast surgeon to honor the remarkable contributions of Prof. Ivo Pitanguy and featuring contributions from 39 Brazilian plastic surgeons, Breast Surgery – Aesthetic Approaches highlights the essentials and the latest advances developed by Brazilian plastic surgeons over the past 37 years. As such, it offers an invaluable practical surgical manual for all readers interested or working in breast surgery, including plastic and breast surgeons and plastic surgery residents.
Breast surgeons should familiar with the most recent techniques in breast surgery, in order to provide a high standard of quality and patient-tailored surgical service. With these goals in mind, the book discusses the most important issues in the field, divided into four different sections: General Information for Breast Surgery, Surgical Principles of Breast Surgery, Breast Augmentation, and Liposuction and Lipoinjection.
Written by a respected breast surgeon to honor the remarkable contributions of Prof. Ivo Pitanguy and featuring contributions from 39 Brazilian plastic surgeons, Breast Surgery – Aesthetic Approaches highlights the essentials and the latest advances developed by Brazilian plastic surgeons over the past 37 years. As such, it offers an invaluable practical surgical manual for all readers interested or working in breast surgery, including plastic and breast surgeons and plastic surgery residents.
About the author
Dr. Juarez Avelar holds a degree in Medicine from Guanabara University (currently Rio de Janeiro State University - 1968) and completed his residency and post-graduate studies in Plastic Surgery at Rio de Janeiro’s Santa Casa Hospital and Ivo Pitanguy’s Clinic (1970-72). He is a former president of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery (1986-87) and (1990-91), and of the Alumni Association of Prof. Ivo Pitanguy (AExPI) (2002-04) and 2004-06 – Brazil. Founding member and former president of the Prof. Illouz Association (2005-08; 2010-12). Founding member and former resident of the Brazilian Association of Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells (2005-08). He has also been an Assistant Professor at the Plastic Surgery Unit at the Marília Medical School (Brazil); an active member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery – ISAPS (since 1976); a Professor of Plastic Surgery at the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) (since 1997); a Fellow Member of the International College of Surgeons (since 1977); a Fellow Member of the Medicine Academy of São Paulo (since 1990 – Brazil); an invited Professor at the Plastic Department, Medical School of Pernambuco Federal University - Brazil; and Head of the Brazilian Scientific Institute of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Brazil). Dr. Avelar has published 15 books and textbooks on plastic surgery, both in Portuguese and in English, with highlights for Ear Reconstruction (Springer – 2013) and New Concepts on Abdominoplasty and Further Applications (Springer – 2016).
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