Buttocks increase: the importance of teaching in current resident facing increased demand

INTRODUCTION: Facing the increasing demand for buttocks augmentation with implants in recent years, it is important that there are enough trained and qualified to perform such a procedure and their associations with liposuction/ fat grafting with an ultimate aim of improving the contour of the hip. METHODS: Seeing in the residency teaching sites suitable for such a practice, we make a study of 20 cases treated by resident physicians in training under supervision in order to observe the applicability and feasibility of the method and its results. RESULTS: Achieved the improvement of the gluteal contour in all patients, which was corroborated by the high level of satisfaction 100% of them and low rate of complications, consistent with the literature. It is known that there is a certain fear in the beginning of learning, due to detachment in blind, but guided by precise anatomical and technical parameters and under qualified supervision, we had the surgery in the plan adequate intramuscular associated with liposuction and fat grafting in some cases, which provided excellent coverage of the implant and natural results in the final contour of the hip. CONCLUSION: The study showed the wide applicability of the teaching of buttocks augmentation with implants, to the resident in training, given the need for adequate training to meet the growing demand in the market today.

Buttocks; Prosthesis Implantation; Prostheses and Implants; Lipectomy