title: In search of better shape in mastopexy and reduction mammoplasty.
abstract: "Bottoming out" of parenchyma after several months is a problem extant in previous techniques of mastopexy and reduction mammaplasty. The authors have addressed this problem by creation of a mobile, chest wall-based flap of breast tissue that is passed under and held in place by a loop of pectoral muscle. Experience with this technique spans a period of 7 years and includes 390 patients, indicating the permanence of this correction.
authors.affiliation: Evangelic University Hospital of Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Graf
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Biggs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013536:Suture Techniques