A comparison of modern methods of reduction mammaplasty.
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.
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