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A series of 40 patients operated from 1995 through 1997 is reviewed. The women ranged in age from 18 to 40 and were seen in either a university- or a private-hospital setting. Thirty-eight of the patients underwent reduction mammaplasty, which was performed using an inferior pedicle technique with a straight-line incision; two patients underwent mastopexy only. The reduction procedure depends on the formation of a cap from medial, lateral, and superior flaps. Following resection of breast tissue the cap is joined to a cone—the nipple–areola complex carried on a subcutaneous inferior pedicle. The cone is fixed to the chest wall with simple vertical stitches, minimizing the recurrence of ptosis. This technique is safe and versatile, avoids a submammary scar, and offers an aesthetic and long-lasting result.
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Eed, M. A New Personal Surgical Procedure for Breast Reduction and Lifting. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 24, 206–211 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002660010034
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002660010034