Introduction:

Appearance, size, form and symmetry of the mammary gland play an important role in the sexuality of the woman and have a deep effect in her biopsychosocial well-being.

Objective:

To characterize breast augmentation using prosthetic implants.

Methods:

A descriptive, prospective longitudinal study was carried out to determine the behavior of breast augmentation through prosthetic implants in patients with breast disorders that attended to the consultation of Plastic Surgery of the Universitary Hospital Manuel Ascunce Domenech in Camagüey's province, from September, 2017 to June, 2020. 35 patients were studied and the following variableswere analyzed: age, breast disease to be corrected with implants, implant volume, access route for implant placement, location of the breast pocket and complications with the procedure.

Results:

Of all the patients studied, mammary hypotrophy was present in 25 females, predominating in the ages between 30 and 49 years in 68.56% of them. In twelve of the patients who used the subareolar route for implant placement, they presented volumes between 351 and 400 milliliters. The least used access route for implant placement was the axillary route, in one patient and this in turn used a retromuscular breast pocket. Wound dehiscence was the predominant complication.

Conclusions:

Breast augmentation surgery using alloplastic material is a frequent procedure that is used to correct different breast defects in the specialty of Plastic Surgery, with a variety of techniques and few complications.

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