Usefulness of the nipple-suspension piercing device after correction of inverted nipples.
The authors have devised a new piercing instrument for postoperative nipple suspension of inverted nipples. The instrument can be used not only postsurgically, but also for nipple suspension in light inverted nipple cases without surgical repair. Details of the device and the method of piercing are described.
Hyakusoku
Hiko
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Department of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery and Aesthetic Surgery, Nippon Medical School Hospital, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Tokyo, Japan. hyakusok@nms.ac.jp
Chin
Takafumi
T
D000328:Adult; D046288:Body Piercing / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D009558:Nipples / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*