Will the use of an FDA approved highly purified silk scaffold; Seri Surgical Scaffold help shape and hold the breast up on the chest preventing re-stretching and bottoming out of the breast in breast reduction or augmentation-mastopexy patients? The amount of stretch will be measured manually as well as percent of breast tissue measured with the Canfield Vectra 3-D Imaging system reporting the amount of breast tissue above and below the nipple level.
Patients having augmentation mastopexy or breast reduction will be informed about Seri Scaffold and allowed to have Seri support included in their surgery or not. If the choose the scaffold will be placed under the skin in the lower pole of the breast as an internal hammock to help take weight off of the breast and potentially help prevent future stretch of the lower pole.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
76
An FDA approved Bioabsorbable mesh Seri Surgical Scaffold will be utilized in the study as an internal hammock mesh support of the breast.
Bengtson Center for Aesthetics and Plastic Surgery
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Center for Aesthetics and Plastic Surgery
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Nipple to Fold Measurement on Stretch
The Nipple to fold will be measured manually over time to 1 year
Time frame: 1 year post op
Percent Breast Tissue Above Nipple
The percentage of breast tissue above and below the horizontal plane of the nipple over time
Time frame: 1 year post op
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