title: Prolactin secretion in women after plastic breast augmentation and reduction.
abstract: Prolactin secretion in women undergoing augmentation and reduction mammaplasties was studied by determining serum prolactin concentrations preoperatively, intraoperatively, and for one year postoperatively. Thyrotropin-releasing hormone tests for prolactin secretion were performed in a small subgroup of these patients. The subjects were 7 women undergoing reduction mammaplasty, 13 women undergoing augmentation mammaplasty, and 14 normal control women. Short-term (up to three days postoperatively) but not long-term changes in prolactin secretion were identified. Persistent hyperprolactinemia does not appear to be a common complication of plastic breast operations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Soules
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Buehler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006966:Hyperprolactinemia / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D011388:Prolactin