Treatment of the breast's lateral pole: adjuvant maneuver to Pitanguy's technique.
Surgical procedures for the mammary region currently are assuming an important role in body-contouring surgery. Enhancement of results is a constant challenge to the plastic surgeon. A simple and efficient maneuver for resection of the breast's lateral pole based on the mammoplasty technique of Professor Ivo Pitanguy is described.
Carreirão
Sérgio
S
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Pereira
Leandro
L
Almeida
Marcelo Wilson Rocha
MW
D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged