The Augmented Breast: Radiologic and Clinical Perspectives

Timely and comprehensive, this book clarifies what is known – and not known – about breast implants in ways that will be valuable to all clinicians.

Contributions from experts in radiology, reconstructive and general surgery, pathology, immunology, and psychiatry provide important clinical insights; the final two chapters place the subject of the augmented breast in a larger social and legal context.

Includes:

• Complete information on the use of each imaging technique in the detection of implants failure
• Evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of each imaging technique
• Full coverage of mammography and special screening procedures for women with implants