[The applications of the dermal vault technique in mammaplasty].
OBJECTIVE
To search for the applications of the dermal vault in mammaplasty.


METHODS
The dermal vault was planned as large as possible according to the degree of the macromastia and mammaptosis. The residual gland was sculptured and fixed with the dermal vault in order to reconstruct the protrude, pliable and living breasts.


RESULTS
The 27 cases (53 breast) were performed with this technique. The result is satisfactory and there are no complications.


CONCLUSIONS
It is a good method to use the dermal vault as a sculpturing and fixing material in mammaplasty. The breasts formed are projecting, pliable and moveable. The scar is not apparent and the result is persistent.
Qiao
Qun
Q
Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100041, China.
Sun
Jia ming
Jm
Liu
Cheng
C
Liu
Zhifei
Z
Zhao
Yu
Y
Zhang
Qixu
Q
D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*