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In a series of 200 personally performed mammaplasties, two main approaches were used: (a) small, ptotic, and moderately hypertrophic breasts were treated by elliptical wedge excision either vertical or oblique; and (b) large hypertrophic breasts were treated by Arié-Pitanguy wedge excision, ending with an inverted T suture line. The results are discussed.
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Ely, J.F. Reduction mammaplasty—An eclectic approach. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 2, 95–101 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01577942
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