Combining Breast Reduction Techniques to Treat Gigantomastia in Ghana

In this presentation of 2 consecutive cases of symptomatic juvenile breast hypertrophy in Ghana, we review the patient presentation, workup, and discuss outcomes following a combined technique of inferior pedicle stump with free nipple graft reduction mammoplasty. Surgical goals for treatment of gig...

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Autores principales: Scheefer, Melody F., Agbenorku, Pius, Hoyte-Williams, Paa Ekow, Farhat, Boutros, Goodwin, Isak A., Rockwell, W. Bradford
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5865915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29616171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001673
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author Scheefer, Melody F.
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description In this presentation of 2 consecutive cases of symptomatic juvenile breast hypertrophy in Ghana, we review the patient presentation, workup, and discuss outcomes following a combined technique of inferior pedicle stump with free nipple graft reduction mammoplasty. Surgical goals for treatment of gigantomastia were 2-fold: to resect adequate tissue to obtain symptomatic relief with improved quality of life, while avoiding a flat, boxy-appearing breast shape.
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spelling pubmed-58659152018-04-03 Combining Breast Reduction Techniques to Treat Gigantomastia in Ghana Scheefer, Melody F. Agbenorku, Pius Hoyte-Williams, Paa Ekow Farhat, Boutros Goodwin, Isak A. Rockwell, W. Bradford Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Case Report In this presentation of 2 consecutive cases of symptomatic juvenile breast hypertrophy in Ghana, we review the patient presentation, workup, and discuss outcomes following a combined technique of inferior pedicle stump with free nipple graft reduction mammoplasty. Surgical goals for treatment of gigantomastia were 2-fold: to resect adequate tissue to obtain symptomatic relief with improved quality of life, while avoiding a flat, boxy-appearing breast shape. Wolters Kluwer Health 2018-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5865915/ /pubmed/29616171 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001673 Text en Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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