title: [Classification and treatment of asymmetrical breast deformity].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the classification and the treatment of the asymmetrical breast deformity.
  
  
  METHODS
  From April of 1997 to October of 2001, 90 patients with the asymmetrical breast deformity were undergoing in the study. The patients were classified and the results of the treatment were evaluated with the pre-operative and post-operative photographs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The deformities of the asymmetrical breast could be divided into seven types according to the selected treatment techniques. The results were very satisfactory in 77 cases (87%), general satisfactory in 10 cases (11%) and unsatisfactory in 3 cases (2%). There were 54 cases (60%) with complete symmetry results, 32 cases (35.5%) with general symmetry and 4 cases (4.5%) with still asymmetry.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The indications for treatment of the breast asymmetry deformities should be correlated with the classification so as to achieve more satisfactory results, in fact, it is still difficult to be a complete symmetry.
authors.affiliation: Breast Aesthetic and Plastic Center, Beijing Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100041, China.
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: Jia-ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ru
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhi-feil
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D010781:Photography