Making Sense of Implant "Profile" in Breast Augmentation.

Summary: The increasing variety of breast implants has led to their classification into "profile" types to guide implant cataloguing and selection. Implant "profile" describes the overall silhouette of the implant. It represents a permutation of all 3 dimensions of the implant: base diameter, projection, and volume. Implant "profile" is not the same as implant projection. Implant projection is a quantifiable linear measurement of the anterior-posterior dimension of the implant, whereas implant "profile" is a vendor-driven assessment that currently lacks universal standardization. Until "profile" assessments are standardized across vendors, it behooves us to be cognizant of their limitations as primary variables used to guide implant selection. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. Copyright (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. All rights reserved.

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