title: Congenital mammary asymmetry. Classification and surgical treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Authors intend to guide the choice of surgical treatment for mammary asymmetry, according to specific form of asymmetry.
  
  
  METHODS
  Possible types of symmetryzation surgery are listed. First Author's personal technique is described and some clinical cases are presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Regardless to specific surgical needs for the single case, a generally valid concept is the necessity of a surgical moulding meant to obtain the same volume for both breasts before positioning of implants. This allows a longer lasting symmetry between breasts, as aging modifications bilaterally occur at equal speed if the adipo-glandular structures obtained have the same volume.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bruschi
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bogetti
authors.forename: Maria Alessandra
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bocchiotti
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kefalas
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boriani
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marchesi
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verga
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fraccalvieri
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D018427:Breast Implants; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty