Background There are multitudes of procedures in plastic surgery used to correct
hypertrophic and pendulous breasts in patients with heavy and ptotic breasts who need …

Skin-sparing mastectomy (SSM) with immediate tissue expander reconstruction poses a
challenge in the patient with macromastia or excessive ptosis. Skin reduction via the Wise …

Background: Reduction mammaplasty in severe mammary hypertrophy is challenging to
even the very experienced plastic surgeon. Extremely long pedicles threaten blood supply …

Reduction mammoplasty is one of the most frequently performed procedures in plastic
surgery for macromastia or gigantomastia. Recently it is also evolved for oncoplastic breast …

Methods An IRB-approved retrospective review of our institution's surgical database
identified patient characteristics and outcomes of all breast reductions performed over a 2 …

The Authors present their experience using the supero-medial dermal-glandular pedicle
technique with a “Wise pattern” for severe gigantomastia, which they found easy to perform …

Background Classic breast reduction and mastopexy techniques leave a vertical scar, but
are difficult to apply in cases requiring a large amount of breast tissue removal. This report …

Reduction mammaplasty has the following goals: appropriate reduction of breast size,
symmetric and youthful breast shape, minimal and inconspicuous scars, and stable, long …

Within the last few years, numerous reports, panels, meetings, courses, books, and
discussions have described a plethora of techniques designed to minimize the scars in …

Background It is important to reshape the breast with the least scar possible. This has led us
to develop a technique for large breasts where the vertical scar was eliminated. Methods …