[Reduction mammaplasty using superior pedicle in macromastia].
METHODS
The authors present technical details, complications, morphologic and aesthetic results of 26 breast reduction mammaplasty for macromastia (breast reduction more than 1000 g) showing advantages and reliability of technique.


METHODS
From January 2000 to December 2001, 223 patients underwent bilateral reduction mammaplasty with superior-based pedicled dermo-glandular flap. In 26 of them the weight of removed mammary tissue was over 1000 g in each breast. These 26 cases were evaluated, and the criteria adopted to analyse the results was morphologic and aesthetic evaluation of patient herself (very good, good, acceptable, unacceptable).


RESULTS
Mean follow-up for all patients was 15 months. Twenty-six patients (mean age 33.2 years) underwent an average weight of 1131 g (930/2200 g) removed per breast. The following complications were observed: 1 Nipple Areolar Complex ischemia without necrosis; three infections (abscess); four delayed wound closure. The patient subjective evaluation of result was: "very good" in 19 cases (73%); "good" in 5 cases (19.2%) and "acceptable" in the others two cases (7.8%). No case was evaluated "unacceptable".


CONCLUSIONS
Superior dermoglandular pedicle mammaplasty represent a very good and reliable solution for the treatment of macromastia, giving satisfactory cosmetics results with good nipple viability without necrosis. This technique is actually our first choice in the management of macromastia.
Mojallal
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Service de chirurgie plastique et des grands brûlés, centre hospitalier Saint-Joseph et Saint-Luc, 20, quai Claude-Bernard, 69007 Lyon, France.
Comparin
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Voulliaume
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Chichery
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Papalia
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Foyatier
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps