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. 2015 Feb 6;3(1):e286.
doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000000246. eCollection 2015 Jan.

Immediate and delayed contralateral symmetrization in oncoplastic breast reduction: patients' choices and technique formulation

Ahmad Kaviani  1 , Amin Safavi  1 , Rasool Mirsharifi  2
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Immediate and delayed contralateral symmetrization in oncoplastic breast reduction: patients' choices and technique formulation

Ahmad Kaviani et al. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. .
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DISCLOSURE: A portion of the Article Processing Charge was paid for by PRS Global Open at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief. The remainder of the Article Processing Charge was paid for by the authors.

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Fig. 1.
Techniques of OBS now are categorized into level I and level II based on the amount of breast volumes to be excised (<20% and ≥20–50%). In OBS context, there are 2 groups of patients who may undergo bilateral breast reduction; one includes those with large breasts whose tumors cannot be removed and repaired by tissue displacement or replacement techniques; so they are destined to breast reduction (curative breast reduction). The other includes those with large breasts whose tumors can safely be removed and repaired by tissue displacement or replacement techniques, but the very large size of their breasts is a serious aesthetic concern. Patients of the latter group aesthetically have the choice whether or not to undergo breast reduction (aesthetic breast reduction). In those finally planned for breast reduction (both curative and aesthetic), patients also have the option to choose between immediate and delayed procedures. In this diagram, red squares are key questions to separate curative and aesthetic intents of breast reduction and also the timing of the procedure, yellows are where the patients get an option, and greens are how the techniques should be formulated accordingly.
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