Ketorolac May Increase Hematoma Risk in 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

Complication rates in inferior pedicle reduction mammaplasty.

We read with great interest the article entitled A Comparison of Complication Rates in Large and Small Inferior Pedicle Reduction Mammaplasty by O'Grady et al. (Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 115: 736, 2005). We commend the authors for dealing with this matter, and also for producing a very valuable report. We would like to present our own experience on the matter, focusing on some of the complications...

Peeling orange: rapid deepithelialization in reduction mammaplasty.

The authors contend that "peeling orange" deepithelialization, a technique of scalpel deepithelialization for reduction mammaplasty, is fast and simple to master. It facilitates more rapid deepithelialization than en bloc deepithelialization, particularly with long pedicles.