1 BackGROund Many patients are referred to our urban academic health center to be evaluated for symptomatic macromastia. Many are poor candidates for surgery. In June 2015, we developed and implemented a nurse practitioner–conducted program to educate and screen patients interested in reduction mammoplasty before initial consultation with a surgeon. The aim of this study was to determine the im...

A key step in the inverted T-scar pattern breast reduction technique is the preoperative marking of the medial skin incision which will ultimately become the medial aspect of the horizontal scar in the new inframammary fold. We describe the ‘cleavage imprinting’ technique that allows the surgeon to generate mirror-image medial imprint marks on the contralateral breast during preoperative markin...

We have investigated the time course of the coagulation and fibrinolytic changes during moderate surgical trauma (elective reduction mammoplasty) in the absence of other confounding factors that could affect haemostasis. Specific markers for coagulation (prothrombin fragment 1.2 (F1.2), thrombin-antithrombin III complex (TAT)) and fibrinolysis (plasmin-antiplasmin complex (PAP) and D-dimer) wer...

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During a period of 7.5 years, reduction mammaplasty using a superior-lateral dermoglandular pedicle was performed in 213 mammary glands in 112 patients. This procedure is a modification of the original technique by Skoog that takes advantage of its benefits but adds two basic premises: (1) to preserve the integrity of the galactophorous ducts for future nursing and (2) to cause less innervation...

Mammography reduces breast cancer mortality in women over 50, but its performance is often criticized. Finding a marker (or markers) to complement mammography, thus improving its sensitivity and specificity, would have great clinical value. Unfortunately, no serum marker has proven reliable in detecting breast cancer. To find such a marker, we utilized two sets of well-characterized tissues: on...

BACKGROUND Keloid is a hypertrophic scar that may arise within 6 months after injury in susceptible individuals. Different therapies like surgical excision, intralesional steroid injections, local application of pressure, or postoperative irradiation with x-rays or electrons are reported. Although an immediate starting of therapy after surgery is usually recommended, delayed radiotherapy may al...