augmentation mammaplasty
noun[CorU]
medicalspecialized(alsoaugmentation mammoplasty)uk/ɔːɡ.menˌteɪ.ʃən ˈmæm.ə.plæs.ti/us/ɑːɡ.menˌteɪ.ʃən ˈmæm.ə.plæs.ti/anoperationto make thebreastslarger:
Afemalepatientdevelopedaseriousinfectionafterundergoingaugmentationmammaplasty.
Surgeonsperformingaugmentationmammoplasties need to bebetterregulated.
Synonym
breast augmentation
- Breastaugmentation,technicallyknownasaugmentationmammoplasty, is asurgicalprocedureusuallyinvolvingthe use ofbreastimplants(siliconeorsaline).
- Thestudylookedatpaincontrolinaugmentationmammaplasty usingcatheters.
- Thepatientmaychooseto havebreastreconstructionoraugmentationmammaplasty.
Medical treatment: surgery
- a nip and tuckidiom
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputation
- amputee
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- excise
- implantation
- incision
- interoperative
- intraoperative
- knife
- laminectomy
- sex reassignment surgery
- snip
- splenectomy
- spreader
- stereotactic
- transfusion