|
| Glossary | Adjunct Study – is the clinical study for silicone gel – filled breast implant, provided to address a public health need for reconstruction and revision patients. As for the status of the implants in an adjunct study – it is investigational.
Anatomical Implant is the name of either a contoured or teardrop – shaped breast implant, which is considered to provide somewhat more natural shape to the breast.
Areola is the term, which is used to describe the disk or pigmented skin around the nipple.
Asymmetry – is called an uneven appearance between two woman’s breasts in terms of breast level, shape and / or size.
Augmentation is the breast perfection procedure, which is usually conducted with some cosmetic uses, such as in order to increase breast size or for ptosis or asymmetry.
Band Size is called one part of a bra’s size. It is measured in inches and represents the size of the rib cage.
Benelli Mastopexy is a kind of breast lift procedure, during which a circle of skin around the areolae complex is removed and pulled in the breast tissue in order to lift the breast and change its shape.
Bilateral is anything, which relates to or affects both the left and right sides of the body.
Board Certified is the term, which concerns credentials of a physician or surgeon.
Bottoming Out occurs when the lower poles of the breast lose their tissue support, which makes the implant to slide slowly under the natural crease.
Breast is the term, which refers to the front of the chest or, talking more specifically, to the mammary gland. The mammary gland is the gland, which produces milk, and it is mostly composed of fat. There is a complex network of branching ducts, located within the mammary gland. These ducts exist from sac – like structures, which are called lobules, and which produce milk in females. The ducts exit the breast at the nipple.
Breast Envelope is the skin along with subcutaneous tissue, which covers the breast and helps to give the breast shape.
Breast Implant is the name of a soft envelope, made mostly of silicone, which is filled with various substances, and which is designed in order to be placed in the body for simulated breast tissue.
Breast Pocket is the term, which is used to define a pocket, created in a surgical way, which served to hold the breast implant.
Breast Reconstruction is the type of a surgical procedure, during which the removed breast is being rebuild.
Breast Reduction is the surgical reduction of breast size with the aim of the weight of the breasts reduction and the symptoms from unusually large, pendulous breast relief.
Breast Tissue Atrophy occurs when the skin in the breast area becomes thinner and shrinks.
Buttocks Flap Reconstruction is the type of a breast reconstruction operation, during which a flap, taken from the buttocks, is applied to the chest with the aim of the breast mound creation.
|
|
