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. 2016 Apr 26;36(6):672–680. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjv266

Table 2.

Surgical Characteristics

Characteristic Inframammary Incision, n (%) Periareolar Incision, n (%)
Number of subjects 4621 306
Number of devices implanted 9217 610
Product style
 Full height
  Extra-full projection (FX) 852 (9.2) 26 (4.3)
  Full projection (FF) 1398 (15.2) 132 (21.6)
  Moderate projection (FM) 2950 (32.0) 69 (11.3)
  Low projection (FL) 39 (0.4) -
 Moderate height
  Extra-full projection (MX) 653 (7.1) 31 (5.1)
  Full projection (MF) 1888 (20.5) 212 (34.8)
  Moderate projection (MM) 1247 (13.5) 127 (20.8)
  Low projection (ML) 24 (0.3) -
 Low height
  Extra-full projection (LX) 118 (1.3) 5 (0.8)
  Full projection (LF) 32 (0.3) 5 (0.8)
  Moderate projection (LM) 16 (0.2) 3 (0.5)
Implant location
 Submuscular (partial) 8175 (88.7) 506 (83.0)
 Submuscular (complete) 207 (2.2) 24 (3.9)
 Subglandular 825 (9.0) 80 (13.1)
 Subcutaneous 6 (0.1) 0 (0)
 Unknown 4 (0) -

F, full; L, low; M, moderate; X, extra full.