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Inframammary scar from the breast augmentation (
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) before and (
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) after surgical incision.
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Seldinger technique and echocardiographic guidance for establishment of cardiopulmonary bypass. Simultaneously, the right hemithorax was opened via a 5-cm incision along the original inframammary scar ( Fig. 1 ).
Operative setting after placement of the soft retractor, trocar, and camera.
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A soft tissue retractor was placed in the fourth intercostal space and CO 2 was insufflated in the right hemithorax continuously ( Fig. 2 ).
(
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) Preoperative and (
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) postoperative photographs of the patient's breast with close-up on the right inframammary incision.
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After 2 months, clinical examination revealed no local complications and satisfying cosmetics, without significant change when compared with preoperatively ( Fig. 3 ).