Patient evaluation, operative planning, and surgical techniques to increase control and reduce morbidity and reoperations in breast augmentation.

Current rates of reoperations and complications in augmentation mammaplasty are unacceptably high and can be improved. Risks, trade-offs, complications, morbidity, time to recovery, and reoperation rates in breast augmentation can be improved substantially by stringent patient selection, thorough tissue evaluation, implant selection based on tissue characteristics, and selection of pocket location and surgical techniques.