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Circumlateral Vertical Augmentation Mastopexy for the Correction of Ptosis and Hypoplasia of the Lower Medial Quadrant in Tuberous Breast Deformity

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Background

Type I tuberous breast deformity (according to Grolleau’s classification) is characterized by the hypoplasia of the lower medial quadrant of the mammary gland and ptosis of the lower lateral quadrant. This results in an aesthetic imbalance in the breast that has an unnatural and unattractive appearance. The study aims to propose a surgical technique ensuring the successful correction of hypoplasia of the lower medial gland quadrant combined with ptosis. The essence of the technique is augmentation mastopexy with circumlateral vertical access. In the presence of pronounced ptosis of the breast, it is combined with the horizontal component and rotation of the gland flap.

Methods

The participants in the study were 26 patients (51 breasts) who were treated for type I tuberous breast deformity from 2015 to 2020. The average age of the patients was 34 years (within the range of 27–42 years). Patients from Group I were treated using the technique of circumlateral vertical mastopexy, and patients from Group II using circumlateral vertical augmentation mastopexy with a horizontal component.

Results

The average follow-up period was 36 months (9–60 months). Treatment was aimed to correct tuberous breast deformations of type I (according to Grolleau) combined with varying degrees of ptosis. The complication rate for all patients in this study was 5.4%—1 patient (1.8%) had a hematoma, 1 (1.8%) had postoperative implant malposition, and 1 (1.8%) had visibility and palpability of the implant edges.

Conclusions

Circumlateral vertical access can be applied for augmentation mastopexy in patients who wish to simultaneously correct ptosis and type I tuberous breast deformity and perform breast augmentation.

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    Vitaly Zholtikov, Natalya Korableva & Yulia Lebedeva

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Zholtikov, V., Korableva, N. & Lebedeva, Y. Circumlateral Vertical Augmentation Mastopexy for the Correction of Ptosis and Hypoplasia of the Lower Medial Quadrant in Tuberous Breast Deformity. Aesth Plast Surg 45, 40–47 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-020-01977-8

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