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Reduction Mammoplasty

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Breast Reduction
Surgical reduction of oversized breasts, a reconstructive procedure warranted when oversize breasts interfere with normal function and physical activity. The procedure involves removing excess breast tissue and skin, repositioning the nipple and areola and reshaping the remaining breast tissue

reduction mammoplasty
Surgery A procedure intended to ↓ size of hypertrophied and/or ptotic breasts. See Mammoplasty. Cf Augmentation Mammoplasty.


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Breast Reduction - Medical name, reduction mammoplasty.
amp;der M: Allergic contact dermatitis to terramycin after reduction mammoplasty.
The Wise pattern approach For the breast with greater ptosis and/or greater weight than that amenable to the horizontal/oblique approach, the Wise pattern RRM technique based on a reduction mammoplasty allows unparalleled access to all breast quadrants and the axillary tail, and results in cosmetically concealed scarring away from the upper and medial breast poles.
 
 
 
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