Benefits and pitfalls of vertical scar breast reduction

Wound Infections in Body Contouring Mastopexy with Breast Reduction After Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Bandings: The Role of Smoking

“…Mastopexy and breast reductions are two important operations for body contouring, but the high rate of postoperative wound complications, especially infections, often endangers the final aesthetic outcome [2][3][4][5][6]. The analysis of our patients showed that postoperative infections were present in 35.7% (15/42) of patients, and this incidence was higher than that reported in literature (1-20%) [5,6,[14][15][16] where series have low incidences of smokers.…”

“…On the contrary, a case report of Poucke and colleagues described a severe pyoderma gangrenosum infection after bilateral mastopexy [2]. Breast reductions have a high wound complication rate, 15-50% in reported series [3][4][5][6], and numerous studies found a consistent association with different risk factors (shoulder strap groovings, vertical incisions, obesity, older age, smoking history, resection weight, and a history of diabetes mellitus) [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. When present, these factors delay the healing process, increase morbidity, and endanger the final aesthetic outcome.…”

Langzeitresultate nach chirurgischer Behandlung von Brustasymmetrien aus Sicht der Patientinnen: Eine Analyse von 51 Fällen

“…Arbeit versucht diese Lücke zu schließen, indem sie die für das ästhetische Ergebnis nach Brustchirurgie wichtigen Faktoren wie Symmetrie, Größe, Form, Narbenbild und Sensibilität untersucht[14][15][16]. Eine Schwäche dabei ist die fehlende Standardisierung der Parameter Form, Narbenbild und Sensibilität.…”

Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Vertical Scar versus Inverted T–Shaped Reduction Mammaplasty

“…The 1000-g threshold was used, as a number of authors have expressed caution about using the vertical scar reduction technique in very large breasts. 20,23,[33][34][35][36] Despite this restriction of cases involving less than 1000 g/ breast, recent surveys of American and Canadian plastic surgeons revealed that the majority (80 percent and 87 percent, respectively) of reductions required the removal of less than 1000 g. 21,22 Full inclusion/exclusion criteria are listed in Table 1. Baseline demographic information was collected before surgery.…”