Abstract
The ability to augment the buttock has existed since 1969 when Bartles et al. [1] first described the reconstruction of a unilateral gluteal agenesis by placing a Cronin breast silicone implant above the gluteus muscle. Over subsequent years, other authors described similar reconstructive procedures for the treatment of asymmetry and gluteal depressions [1]. However, it was not until 1973 that the first successful augmentation for cosmetic purposes was published by Cocke and Ricketson [2] from Nashville, TN.
To implant or not to implant? That is the gluteal question.
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Mendieta, C. (2016). Gluteoplasty. In: Scuderi, N., Toth, B. (eds) International Textbook of Aesthetic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46599-8_33
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