reduction mammoplasty


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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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Detecting breast cancer after reduction mammoplasty.
Recommendations for Pathologic Evaluation of Reduction Mammoplasty Specimens: A Prospective Study With Systematic Tissue Sampling
In cases of congenital symmastia with macromastia, reduction mammoplasty is a very useful surgical method because it reduces the breast volume and simultaneously removes the lower web-like tissue with ease.
Correction of Congenital Symmastia with Macromastia: Report of a Rare Case and Devised Treatment Algorithm
Surgical reduction mammoplasty is less suitable for older women as, compared to liposuction, the more invasive surgical procedure carries increased risk of poor wound healing and infection.
Low-key procedure that can change a woman's life; Significant numbers of women with large breasts feel uncomfortable, both physically and psychologically, with what nature has given them. Dr Harryono Judodihardjo, founder and medical director of the Cellite Clinic in Cardiff, explains the benefits and complications of breast reduction using liposuction
Snyderman and Lizardo [5] performed a landmark study investigating the presence of occult carcinoma in reduction mammoplasty specimens.
Pathological findings in reduction mammoplasty specimens: a South African perspective
Correctly-fitted, supportive bras have been found to alleviate up to 85% of these problems, allowing females to exercise in greater comfort and potentially removing the need for breast reduction mammoplasty (Greenbaum et al 2003, Wilson and Sellwood 1976, Maha 2000).
Education improves bra knowledge and fit, and level of breast support in adolescent female athletes: a cluster-randomised trial
Key words: gravidic gigantomastia, gestational macromastia, simple bilateral mastectomy, bromocriptine, reduction mammoplasty.
Macromastia gestacional: entidad poco frecuente
Primary NHMECs were derived from tissues salvaged at reduction mammoplasty and obtained through the Cooperative Human Tissue Network (National Cancer Institute and National Disease Research Interchange, Bethesda, MD).
Differential gene expression in normal human mammary epithelial cells treated with malathion monitored by DNA microarrays
The operation, called a reduction mammoplasty, takes about two hours and involves a two-night stay in hospital.
Smaller boobs have made us real women!; It's a woman's most vital statistic - but for some, big breasts can be more of a burden than a blessing. DAWN DOHERTY talks to four women about the misery they suffered and how surgery transformed their lives..
The study sought to determine if reduction mammoplasty is the solution to the physical complaints that are most commonly voiced by women before such an operation.
Reduction surgery relieves complaints
Furthermore, a significant amount of blood use in elective surgery was accounted for by major orthopedic procedures--total hip and total knee replacements--and plastic reconstructive or cosmetic surgery, including cosmetic surgery, including cosmetic reduction mammoplasty.
Establishing a successful autologous transfusion program
Our results showed that in 62 macromastia and gigantomastia breasts, with long N-N and large resection weights, the SMP reduction mammoplasty pattern was safely used.
Macromastia and gigantomastia: efficacy of the superomedial pedicle pattern for breast reduction surgery

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