background reduction mammaplasty (rm) is among the commonly performed procedures by plastic surgeons. occult breast cancers are rarely detected in these specimens. the purpose of the study was to describe histopathological evaluation of reduction mammaplasty specimens to detect occult breast cancer in southern iran. methods the histological diagnosis of 350 rm specimens from 175 patients to det...

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In our current practice therapeutic reduction mammaplasty is our preferred oncoplastic breast conserving approach, which we utilize in almost half of our patients. This technique is very versatile and allows us the resection of tumors located in all breast quadrants of patients with moderate-to large-sized breasts. We describe a series of 57 patients who were treated using a therapeutic reducti...

The justification for reduction mammaplasty should be based on the probability of relieving the clinical signs and symptoms of symptomatic breast hypertrophy. Because it is difficult to determine the size at which breast enlargement becomes pathologic in any individual, it is the position of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons that the definition of symptomatic breast hypertrophy should fo...

BACKGROUND Patients suffering from symptomatic macromastia are usually underserved, as they have to put up with very long waiting lists and are usually selected under restrictive criteria. The Oncoplastic Breast Surgery subspeciality requires a cross-specialty training, which is difficult, in particular, for trainees who have a background in general surgery, and not easily available. The introd...

We present an application of the Hall-Findlay mammaplasty skin pattern for skin-sparing mastectomy (SSM). This is a simplified vertical reduction mammaplasty. Vertical reduction mammaplasty is the procedure advised for patients with moderator or large ptotic breasts, who wish to have a simultaneous contra-lateral breast reduction/mastopexy at the time of SSM for cancer or prophylactic mastectom...