Deaugmentation reduction mammaplasty

Breast Reduction Mammaplasty

DESCRIPTION A 45-year-old obese woman presented for evaluation of her symptomatic large breasts. After consultation, the patient elected to undergo bilateral Wise pattern breast reduction with inferior pedicle.

Pyoderma gangrenosum following reduction mammaplasty.

The failure of a postoperative local infection to resolve after appropriate antibiotic therapy should prompt consideration of other diagnoses. Reported here is a case of pyoderma gangrenosum, a rare necrotizing disorder, occurring after reduction mammaplasty. The clinical presentation was one of progressive wound deterioration with associated erythema and intense pain. After failure of antibiot...

The Effects of Reduction Mammaplasty

Outpatient reduction mammaplasty: an eleven-year experience.

BACKGROUND In the last 15 years, reduction mammaplasty has been increasingly performed on an outpatient basis. Despite this evolution, few outcome studies have been published regarding outpatient breast reduction surgery. OBJECTIVE The authors documented clinical outcomes of reduction mammaplasty performed in an outpatient setting over an 11-year period and compared these results with publish...

CME Evolution of the Vertical Reduction Mammaplasty

A recent survey found that the inferior pedicle, inverted-T skin pattern is still the most common breast reduction technique used among U.S. plastic surgeons.1 This technique has been widely taught in North America and is familiar to most American plastic surgeons. Using the skin markings of this technique, the glandular excess, skin envelope, and nipple position may be readily and reliably add...