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Vertical Mammaplasty Marking Using the Key Hole Pattern

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Many modifications of the vertical mammaplasty procedure used to shorten the learning curve have been described. The authors advocate marking the breasts for the vertical mammaplasty operation according to the key hole pattern. They have used inverted T techniques on the upper breast and Lejour’s vertical mammaplasty on the lower breast. A total of 14 patients who had breast hypertrophy and ptosis underwent operations with this marking modification. The amount of removed breast ranged from 285 to 875 g per breast. Hematoma, skin necrosis, skin dehiscence, loss of nipple–areola sensitivity, and distortion were not observed in these cases.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Adana Numune Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey

    Nazim Gumus, Yusuf Kenan Coban & Mehmet Serdar Demýrkiran

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Medical Faculty of Sütçü İmam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey

    Nazim Gumus, Yusuf Kenan Coban & Mehmet Serdar Demýrkiran

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Gumus, N., Coban, Y.K. & Demýrkiran, M.S. Vertical Mammaplasty Marking Using the Key Hole Pattern. Aesth Plast Surg 30, 239–246 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-005-0106-0

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