title: Evading a surgical pitfall: mastopexy--augmentation made simple.
abstract: Many women have a dwindled ptotic breast. The surgical solution for these two concurring problems has two separate procedures: augmentation and mastopexy. Combining these two procedure into one surgery is considered unpredictable and avoided by many physicians. This study presents a revised mastopexy-augmentation technique found to be safer and more simple, enabling these two procedures to be performed together. A retrospective review of 60 patients who underwent surgery by a single surgeon is presented. The presented method has yielded a relatively low reoperation rate of 10% and a high satisfaction rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tessone
authors.forename: Eran
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Millet
authors.forename: Oren
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Weissman
authors.forename: Demetris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stavrou
authors.forename: Gil
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nardini
authors.forename: Alon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liran
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Winkler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult