Research
Surgeon's Surveys
For the past two years, Keller Medical has underwritten a third-party survey to ask surgeons about their experience using the Funnel. Below are a few result highlights:
• Nearly every respondent, at 97%, reported that the Keller Funnel™ made the delivery of silicone implants in breast augmentation procedures easier than the traditional finger insertion method.
• 98% reported that they will have or have already recommended the Funnel to a peer.
• The survey uncovered that physicians who use the device in 50% or more of their breast augmentation procedures showed the greatest benefit. For example, 85% of the total physician respondents reported on average that the Funnel reduces their procedure time by 5 minutes or more; whereas 54% of doctors who frequently use the Funnel report saving between 10-20+ minutes per procedure.
For complete survey results, click here to see their experience using the Keller FunnelTM. For more info on the survey, read more.
The reintroduction in 2006 of cohesive gel silicone implants for breast augmentation mammoplasty presented several challenges. Short-incision, minimaltouch techniques optimized for low profile, post-fill saline implants were quickly found to have limited adaptability to large pre-fill gel implants, which, for many patients, were the more natural aesthetic choice and quickly gaining in popularity.
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By James C. Grotting, MD & William J. Vinyard, MD
OBJECTIVE: To test this device and report our clinical experience to determine if the claims are valid.
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By Scot A. Martin, MD
I have used the funnel on 120 patients now and I feel that all the concerns I had with placing a silicone gel implant in the past are gone. I use the Keller Funnel™ on every gel case. My incisions are smaller (about one centimeter shorter on average), operative times are less (approximately 6 minutes on average) and fears of skin flora contamination are completely gone as this is essentially a no touch technique.
By Jose M. Soler-Baillo, MD
In the 30 patient cohort on which I have used the device, I have been able to generate outcomes that previously would have been extremely difficult or impossible to achieve without the Keller Funnel™. I can integrate a patient's desire for a specific aesthetic outcome in relation to their physical characteristics more fully than before.
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Clinical papers suggest that while the causes of capsular contracture are multi-factorial, exposure to biofilms and bacterial contamination almost certainly have a relationship. Limiting handling of the implants and limiting skin contact prior to the insertion are also suggested.
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As the bar graph below illustrates, the traditional finger push method requires over 27 pounds of force to deliver a 400 cc silicone implant through a 3.5 cm incision. The Keller Funnel™ reduces that force by over 95% to only 0.64 pounds.
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Kevin Keller, M.D., Elizabeth Rothman Blakemore, M.D., James E. Lovett III, M.D.
Upstate Plastic Surgery, Greenville, SC, April 2009
With the re-introduction of cohesive gel implants in 2006, we were challenged to find a means to continue to offer axillary or periareolar incisions for our primary augmentation patients without enlarging the incision for the gel devices. With this goal in mind, an insertion device called the Keller Funnel™ was developed.
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