BACKGROUND An understanding of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is of utmost importance in both oncological and esthetic breast surgery. The BREAST-Q is a patient-reported outcome (PRO) measure that investigates HRQOL and patient satisfaction before and after breast surgery. The aim of this study was to develop a Japanese version of the BREAST-Q including the mastectomy module, the recons...

BACKGROUND The Regnault classification of breast ptosis is insufficient for determining surgical strategies for different stages of ptosis. OBJECTIVE A new clinical classification of breast ptosis is proposed that allows greater precision in the development of an appropriate surgical plan. METHODS Breast ptosis is classified in 1-cm stages, beginning with stage A at 2 cm above the inframamm...

BACKGROUND Patients undergoing abdominoplasty often have breast concerns, as well as abdominal concerns, because pregnancy is often the etiologic factor in both. Although concerns about combination procedures have been raised recently, the specific issue of combining abdominoplasty and breast surgery has been scarcely addressed. OBJECTIVE This study was designed to evaluate the morbidity of a...

PG: pyoderma gangrenosum CASE REPORT A 22-year-old woman with no history of autoimmune disease, inflammatory bowel disease, or malignancy presented to the emergency department with well-demarcated erythema of both breasts, right worse than left. Five days before she underwent cosmetic bilateral augmentation mastopexy with 150-mL smooth round silicone gel implants and suction-assisted lipectomy ...

The article describes a modified technique of Ribeiro ́s “security flap” described 1973. The existing breast tissue of a mild to moderate ptotic breast is reshaped for restoring upper pole fullness, better projection of the breast mound and improving the nipple-areolar position. Adressing the problem of “bottoming-out” an inferior chest wall based flap is sutured to the pectoralis fascia; after ...

BACKGROUND The inverted-T technique is the most popular skin pattern used for mastopexy, but short scar variations have increased in popularity over recent years. With respect to nipple elevation, superior, superomedial, medial, inferior, lateral, and central pedicle designs have been described. OBJECTIVES We introduce a novel concept for mastopexy, the glandular Z-mammaplasty, and assess its...

Background: The combination of crescent periareolar mastopexy with breast augmenta ­ tion is a well-described technique for the cosmetic improvement of breast ptosis classified as grades I and II, according to the Regnault grade scale. The aim of this study is to discuss the results obtained by the authors using a combination technique where the center of the round implants was positioned below...