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Evidence pageBrava and autologous fat transfer is a safe and effective breast augmentation alternative: results of a 6-year, 81-patient, prospective multicenter study (Khouri RK, … ; Plast Reconstr Surg 2012;129(5):1173-1187)
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
accessed Nov 12, 2026Updated Nov 12, 2026
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22261565/
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Answer나이가 많거나 폐경 전후면 가슴 지방이식 생착률이 낮아지나요?“In a prospective multicenter study, 81 women (age range, 17 to 63 years) wore the Brava device, a bra-like vacuum-based external tissue expander, for 4 weeks and then underwent autologous fat injection”Answer한 번에 300cc 이상 넣는 대용량 가슴 지방이식은 가능한가요? 조건과 위험은 무엇인가요?“In a prospective multicenter study, 81 women (age range, 17 to 63 years) wore the Brava device, a bra-like vacuum-based external tissue expander, for 4 weeks and then underwent autologous fat injection using 10 to 14 needle puncture sites into each breast in a three-dimensional fanning pattern (average, 277 ml volume injected per breast). … had a mean augmentation volume at 12 months of 233 ml per breast compared with 134 ml per breast in published series without Brava (p < 0.00001). Graft survival was 82 ± 18 percent compared with 55 ± 18 percent without Brava (p < 0.00001). … Magnetic resonance imaging recognized a 16 percent incidence of fat necrosis easily identified at 1-year mammographic evaluation.”