Practice-Based Patient Management Strategies in Gluteal Augmentation with Implants

This article focuses on practice-based recommendations for surgeons performing gluteal augmentation with implants (GAI). Preoperative planning, including the indications, precautions, and contraindications to GAI, is discussed. Advantages and disadvantages of subfascial and intramuscular implantation are addressed along with recommendations for implant size, shape, and position. Recommendations for patient management before and after surgery along with operative and nonoperative strategies for postoperative complications, including wound dehiscence, infection, and seroma, are included. Aesthetic concerns and recommendations for the management of poor results are addressed. A comprehensive literature review is included along with illustrative preoperative and postoperative photos.