Reduction mammaplasty with a single superiorly-based pedicle.
We have reduced 68 breasts in 34 women, transposing the nipple-areolar complex on a single superiorly-based pedicle. The complication rate was 4.4 percent. The method appears to be safe, and it produces better shaped breasts than we obtained by operations using double pedicles.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009558:Nipples / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*