title: The dermal pursestring suture: a new technique for a short inframammary scar in reduction mammaplasty and dermal mastopexy.
abstract: The author hypothesized the possibility of reducing the extent of the scar formed at the inframammary sulcus in reduction mammaplasty and mastopexy by burying the dogear of excess skin in the region of the inframammary sulcus using a pursestring suture after first removing the epithelium. The results of 15 patients with follow-up periods ranging from 20 to 150 days encourage further application of this technique, which leaves a very small, aesthetically satisfactory scar.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, St Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marconi
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008722:Methods; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013536:Suture Techniques