Breast Implant Removal Surgery: A Data-driven Look at Growing Trends

• Samuel Knoedler,
• Michael Alfertshofer, MD,
• Daniel J. Rams, MD,
• Dany Y. Matar, BS,
• Leonard Knoedler, MD,
• Giuseppe Sofo, MD,
• Sören Könneker, MD, PhD,
• Bong-Sung Kim, MD, PhD,
• Dennis P. Orgill, MD, PhD,
• Adriana C. Panayi, MD, PhD,
• Thilo L. Schenck, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Samuel Knoedler

From the * Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Michael Alfertshofer, MD

‡ Division of Hand, Plastic, and Aesthetic Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Daniel J. Rams, MD

§ Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

Dany Y. Matar, BS

† Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Leonard Knoedler, MD

From the * Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Giuseppe Sofo, MD

∥ Instituto Ivo Pitanguy, Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia Rio de Janeiro, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sören Könneker, MD, PhD

** Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Bong-Sung Kim, MD, PhD

** Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Dennis P. Orgill, MD, PhD

† Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Adriana C. Panayi, MD, PhD

† Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Thilo L. Schenck, MD, PhD

‡ Division of Hand, Plastic, and Aesthetic Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany