title: [Submammary incision for median sternotomy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the indications, complications, cosmetic and functional results with submammary skin incision for a median sternotomy in females.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and eighty female patients have undergone submammary skin incision for a median sternotomy between 1981 to 1991 ages ranged from 2 months to 42 years (m = 5 +/- 9 years).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adequate exposure of the heart was achieved in every case, there were no technical problems, no major complications and the cosmetic and functional results are excellent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Complications associated with this incision are insignificant and the cosmetic and functional results are excellent justified routinely this approach for young women.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Sírio-Libanês e Hospital Matarazzo-São Paulo.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Baucia
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Sobrinho
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbero-Marcial
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Incisão submamária para esternotomia mediana.