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A case of life-threatening sepsis after breast augmentation by fat injection
L Valdatta1, A Thione, M Buoro
1Plastic Surgery Unit Viale Borri, Varese, Italy. chirplas@libero.it
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
|November 3, 2001
Abstract:
A case is presented in which an aesthetic breast augmentation by fat injection led a young woman to a life-threatening sepsis due to bilateral mammary abscesses. Immediate and late complications of this procedure are considered; infection is the frightful complication that can lead to septic shock, affecting survival, aesthetic outcome, and reconstruction possibilities of the patient's breasts.