Plastic Surgery Key

Key points • The pedicle, the skin resection pattern and the parenchymal resection pattern should all be treated as separate entities. • The Wise pattern (not just the keyhole opening)…

Key points • Vertical mammaplasty causes fewer scars, narrows the wide breast, reduces the bottoming out phenomenon, improves projection, and offers better long-term shape when compared with the inverted T…

Key points • For the last 10 years, vertical reduction mammaplasties have become a modern trend in breast reductions. Some surgeons, however, are reluctant to adopt them because they consider…

Key points • Where does the no vertical scar technique fit in the armamentarium of reduction/mastopexy techniques relative to the vertical scar and the T scar techniques? • The ideal…

Key points • Reduction of scar burden and concealing of scars by placement in inconspicuous areas improves aesthetic outcomes in breast surgery. • Periareolar incisions concealed in the breast skin–areola…

Key points • Tubular breast is the most severe and most typical form of the so called ‘breast base anomalies’. • Its etiology is an anomaly of the fascia superficialis…

Key points • Patients often ask for enhancement of breast shape, so the new breast must be controlled dimensionally. The extension must be controlled horizontally, vertically and anteriorly. • Consideration…

Key points • Spiral flap breast reshaping is indicated with moderately sized ptotic breasts, surrounded by rolls of skin to obtain improved shaped breasts, and an upper body lift. •…

Key points • The mainstay of transaxillary breast augmentation is the absence of a scar on the breast. It can be adequately performed using endoscopic instruments or even long lightened…

Key points • Over time, more revisions of breast augmentations will ultimately be done than primary augmentations. • All problems should be evaluated for the contribution of: (1) parenchyma/tissue coverage;…