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Gigantomastia

Treatment by the B technique

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In the author's and some other surgeons' hands, the B technique has served as an excellent method of performing mastopexies and breast reductions running the whole gamut from mere skin removal to gigantomastias. Its advantages are operative speed, absence of grafting, a scar that does not violate the medial half of the thorax, and a breast projection that lasts. In addition, nipple sensitivity is usually preserved.

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  1. Université de Montréal, La Cité, 300 Léo Parizeau, Suite 901, P.O. Box 951, H2W 2N1, Montréal

    Paule Regnault M.D., F.R.C.S. (C) (professeur agrégé de clinique) & Gregory Hetter M.D. F.A.C.S.

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Regnault, P., Hetter, G. Gigantomastia. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 1, 115–129 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570243

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