title: Early experience with the Lejour vertical scar reduction mammaplasty technique.
abstract: Over a 19-month period 25 bilateral reduction mammaplasties were performed using the Lejour technique. Results were assessed retrospectively. The mean follow-up was 12 months. The study showed that minor complications were common (40%), that nipple-areolar sensation was frequently reduced and that minor revision surgery for persistent dog-ears was often necessary (20%). Comparison with complications and revision rates in a similar group of patients who had undergone reduction mammaplasty using an inferior pedicle technique showed remarkably similar results. The positive findings of the current study were that nipple-areola necrosis was not encountered, patient satisfaction was high and the aesthetic results were generally good.
authors.affiliation: West of Scotland Regional Plastic and Oral Surgery Unit, Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pickford
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Boorman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015187:Lipectomy; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies