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. 2008 Oct;41(Suppl):S64-79.

Reduction mammoplasty

Shrirang Purohit  1
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Reduction mammoplasty

Shrirang Purohit. Indian J Plast Surg. 2008 Oct.
No abstract available

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Figures

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Blood supply of the inferior pedicle
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Blood supply of the superior pedicle
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Blood supply of the central pedicle
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Blood supply of the lateral pedicle
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Blood supply of the medial pedicle
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Skin resection patterns
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Pattern with no vertical scar
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Inverted T resection with all pedicles
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Marking the bony points
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Marking the proposed level of the nipple
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Marking the nipple position
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Marking the angles
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Marking points B and C
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Marking point E
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Marking point D
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Marking the inframammary crease
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Marking limits of resection
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Figure 1
Inverted T resection with inferior pedicle preoperative
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Figure 2
Inverted T resection with inferior pedicle postoperative
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Marking the pedicle
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Deepithelialisation of the pedicle
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Excision of the breast tissue
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Thinning the superior flaps
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The pedicle
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Suturing
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Inset of Nipple Areola complex
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Figure 3
Inverted T resection with medial pedicle preoperative
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Figure 4
Inverted T resection with inferior pedicle postoperative
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T resection with 3 pedicles
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Marking the nipple
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Marking the breast meridian
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Marking the nipple on the breast meridian
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Diagram 29
Design of the areola
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Diagram 30
Design of the pedicle
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Figure 5
Vertical skin resection with medial pedicle preoperative
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Figure 6
Vertical skin resection with medial pedicle postoperative
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Diagram 31
Marking the lateral extent of resection
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Marking the medial extent of resection
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Marking the inferior extent of the resection
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Diagram 34
Design of the areola
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Deepithelialisation of the pedicle
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Diagram 36
Resection of the breast tissue
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First stitch
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Diagram 38
Suturing of the pillars
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Figure 7
Vertical skin resection with superior pedicle preoperative
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Figure 8
Vertical skin resection with superior pedicle postoperative
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