Objective Integrated Assessment of Functional Outcomes in Reduction Mammaplasty

Objective Integrated Assessment of Functional Outcomes in Reduction Mammaplasty

BACKGROUND The aim of our study was an objective integrated assessment of the functional outcomes of reduction mammaplasty. METHODS The study involved 17 women undergoing reduction mammaplasty from March 2009 to June 2011. Each patient was assessed before surgery and 2 months postoperatively with the original association of 4 subjective and objective assessment methods: a physiatric clinical ...

The Effects of 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...

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...