title: A comparison of modern methods of reduction mammaplasty.
abstract: There are many technics available today for reducing the oversize female breast. The most commonly used operations may be divided into two catergories, depending on treatment of the nipple-areolar complex: (1) free graft or (2) transposition on underlying tissue. According to this division, various methods are outlined and discussed.
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D009558:Nipples / Q000637:transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000473:pathology; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous