title: Reduction mammaplasty at the Department of Plastic surgery in Prague.
abstract: The authors present a review of the history of surgery of hypertrophic breast at the Department of Plastic Surgery in Prague. The period from 1928 to the present time was divided into stages by the dominating surgical technique. The authors emphasize the importance of careful selection of the surgical procedure with regard to the type and grade of the defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, 3rd Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mĕsták
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hrivnáková
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cakrtová
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nejedlý
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tomásek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Korýtko
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends