Letter to the editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Gal Moreira Dini

Plastic surgeon, full member of the Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica (Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery), Professor of Plastic Surgery at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC), Sorocaba, SP, Brazil and of PUC-SP and UNIFESP-EPM, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Correspondence

Ricardo Baroudi

Editor-in-Chief

Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica (Brazilian Journal of Plastic Surgery)

Dear Editor

With reference to the study entitled "Augmentation brachioplasty: surgery for improving the appearance of the arms"¹, by Abadesso and Serra, published in the Rev Bras Cir Plást. 2012;27(1):97-1011, I would like to add that a similar approach was reported by Dini and Ferreira^2-5.

The original article² was published in 2002 after extensive research on corpses of newborns and the preparation of silicone implants of 3 different sizes manufactured by the Brazilian company Silimed (Figure 1).

Initially, these silicone implants were similar to calf implants. Based on averages observed during the dissection, although the silicone implants were bigger than the calf implants, they were thinner and shorter. The drawback of these original prototypes was that the implants could rotate inside the pseudocapsule.

In August 1997, Mr. Cláudio Carvalho, Process Manager, who was responsible for Silimed implant manufacture, ar----ranged for the production of cylindrical implants (shaped like kibes) on our request, to avoid the uncomfortable sensation of a prosthesis that sometimes is vertical and sometimes horizontal. These implants were patented by Silimed, under the numbers 2424899 and 2424900. The authors have forfeited any benefit related to the patent with consideration for the patients and the advancement of the specialty.

These cylindrical implants were manufactured on request as special products, thus becoming custom-made implants. In 2005, the original implant was donated to Dr. Moisés Wolfenson, director of the Museum of the Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica (Brazilian Society of Plastic Sur--gery), to be included in the collection of historical pieces.

Sincerely,

Gal Moreira Dini

REFERENCES

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  Abadesso I, Serra F. Augmentation brachioplasty: surgery for improving the appearance of the arms. Rev Bras Cir Plást. 2012;27(1):97-101.
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  Dini GM, Ferreira LM. Braquioplastia de aumento. In: Stocchero IN, Tournieux AAB, eds. Atualização em cirurgia plástica estética e reconstrutiva. SBCP Regional SP. São Paulo: Robe; 1996. p. 481-4.
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  Dini GM, Ferreira LM. Augmentation brachioplasty. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006;117(6):2109-11.
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  Dini GM, Ferreira LM. Inclusões de silicone de gel coesivo nos membros superiores. In: Ferreira LM, ed. Guia de cirurgia plástica. Guia de medicina ambulatorial e hospitalar. São Paulo: Manole; 2007. p. 733-5.
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  Dini GM, Ferreira LM. Augmentation brachioplasty with cohesive silicone gel implants. In: Shiffman MA, Giuseppe AD, eds. Body contouring. Berlin: Springer; 2010. p. 327-30.

Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  06 Sept 2012
• Date of issue
  June 2012