Double Loading of Breast Implants in Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery With the iNPLANT Funnel

According to The Aesthetic Society’s annual statistics report, breast augmentation (BA) procedures continually rank among the most performed procedures, with a total of 280,692 performed in 2019 by 87.3% of plastic surgeons certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.¹ There is a paucity of data in the plastic surgery literature relating to the use of funnels during BA and breast reconstruction procedures, even though protective funnels and other delivery devices are used commonly and considered a safe option with an average or below average infection and complication rate (Lombardo et al, unpublished data, February 2021). The authors present a double breast implant loading technique using the iNPLANT Funnel (Proximate Concepts LLC, Allendale, NJ, USA) that offers an innovative option for plastic surgeons versus the traditional two-hand manual insertion technique.