Abstract
Many women have a dwindled ptotic breast. The surgical solution for these two concurring problems has two separate procedures: augmentation and mastopexy. Combining these two procedure into one surgery is considered unpredictable and avoided by many physicians. This study presents a revised mastopexy–augmentation technique found to be safer and more simple, enabling these two procedures to be performed together. A retrospective review of 60 patients who underwent surgery by a single surgeon is presented. The presented method has yielded a relatively low reoperation rate of 10% and a high satisfaction rate.
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Ariel Tessone and Eran Millet contributed equally to this work.
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Tessone, A., Millet, E., Weissman, O. et al. Evading a Surgical Pitfall: Mastopexy––Augmentation Made Simple. Aesth Plast Surg 35, 1073–1078 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-011-9736-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-011-9736-6