Combined strategies in treatment of breast ptosis and breast hypoplasia
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-0290.2014.06.001
- VernacularTitle:乳房下垂伴小乳房的综合修复术
- Author:
Shengkang LUO
;
Guangping CHEN
;
Haibin WANG
;
Zhongsheng SUN
;
Xiang XU
;
Yanqun WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Mammaplasty breast;
Breast ptosis;
Micromastia;
Prosthesis implantation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetology
2014;20(6):401-404
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To seek an effective surgical procedure to treat patients with the varying degrees of breast ptosis and micromastia.Methods Patients were classified into Ⅰ-Ⅳ degrees based on different breast ptosis,and treated by different methods.Degree Ⅰ was treated with implanting prosthesis to the post-pectoralis major space; degree Ⅱ patients were repaired with avulsion of deeper mammary gland and pectoralis major and hanging fixed breast tissue,based on the degree Ⅰ procedure; degree Ⅲ was fixed with breast tissue flap,excised redundant epidermis by the method of double-rings and the complex of nipple and areola was shifted,based on the degree Ⅱ procedure; degree Ⅳ was repaired with implanting prosthesis and the method of lines to hanging fixed breast.Results In 116 cases of this study,there were no hematoma,infection and nipple and areola necrosis by the combined strategies.The follow-up period after the surgery was 6-31 months (mean 13.3 months).All cases had voluptuous and upright breasts,rectified breast ptosis,with the normal sense of nipple and areola.Conclusions For breast ptosis and hypoplasia,the combined strategies have better clinical therapeutic effects.
