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Reduction mammoplasty in patients with gigantomastia has traditionally been performed by a technique involving free nipple grafting. These patients usually have only a small amount of breast tissue above the inframammary fold and therefore this type of procedure has often left patients with an insufficient amount of superior pole projection. I have performed free nipple grafting in three patients with gigantomastia using a technique that utilizes two deepithelialized pedicles to increase projection. This technique is simple to perform, does not significantly lengthen the operative time, and results in a breast that provides significant projection.
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Abramson, D. Increasing Projection in Patients Undergoing Free Nipple Graft Reduction Mammoplasty. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 23, 282–284 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002669900284
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