REDUCTION MAMMAPLASTY BY SUCTION ALONE

Authors
Citation
Eh. Courtiss, REDUCTION MAMMAPLASTY BY SUCTION ALONE, Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 92(7), 1993, pp. 1276-1284
Citations number
15
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
ISSN journal
0032-1052
Volume
92
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1276 - 1284
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-1052(1993)92:7<1276:RMBSA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Because unsatisfactory scars often result when traditional methods of reduction mammaplasty are performed, techniques that leave less notice able scars have been advocated recently. One such technique is suction lipectomy, which has been employed previously, but only for patients who have well-located, small nipple-areola complexes and whose hypertr ophy is primarily fat. I have found that concern for the size and loca tion of the nipple-areola complex and cause of hypertrophy are unfound ed. Thus reduction mammaplasty by suction alone may be the technique o f choice in certain patients. Eleven patients had reduction mammaplast y by suction alone and obtained aesthetically pleasing breasts that ha d good sensation and minimal scars. As a result, the method is suggest ed for selected patients: those with minimal to moderately large breas ts.