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The crossed dermal flaps technique for breast reduction.

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BACKGROUND:More than100 techniques and variations of breast reduction have been published. In most, the principal differences involve the method of transpositioning the nipple-areola complex and the pattern of skin resection. Skin resection inevitably causes scarring, which has given rise to an ongoing debate over long scar techniques and short scar techniques. The debate would be mute if only the extent of the scar was evaluated: ideally, the shorter the better. However, this limitation of scar extension conditions other elements to be evaluated in the results. On the other hand, there is a great variety of clinical cases in which not only the volume must be considered, but also the degree of ptosis, the quality of the skin, the age, and, most importantly, the wishes of the patients. OBJECTIVES:The objective of the crossed dermal flaps procedure was to obtain optimum volume, position, and shape of the breast; well-located good-quality scars as short as possible; and early satisfactory and long-lasting results. METHODS:Between June 1986 and June 2003 136 women underwent this procedure, performed under controlled hypotension (median arterial blood pressure, 60 mmHg). The technique is based on Wise-type skin marking associated with glandular resection in the lower and lateral poles, and transpositioning of the nipple-areola complex with a superior medial dermoglandular pedicle. Two rectangular areas under each cutaneous vertex are delimited, which will correspond with the future dermal flaps. These flaps are crossed, then fixed to the musculoaponeurotic chest wall, and the rest of the wound is sutured by planes in a conventional manner. RESULTS:Two patients (1.4%) experienced minimum cutaneous epidermolysis without dehiscence at the union of the vertical and horizontal sutures, which later healed by second intention without interference with the aesthetic result. Three cases (2%) showed partial and superficial necrosis of one of the areolae, but healed during the following 3 weeks without secondary surgery. In three patients (2%), hematomas developed, which were drained in the dressing room with no complications. One patient experienced thickening of the scar. No infections were observed. CONCLUSIONS:The authors believe the cross dermal flaps technique is safe and applicable to an extensive variety of cases. It is easy to execute and to teach, and therefore, those who are beginning to use inverted T techniques such as that described, can, from the beginning, diminish the incidence of short- and long-term complications such as dehiscence that lead to scarring at the convergence of the flaps and bottoming out of the inferior pole, with the horizontal scar displaced upward and an increase in the distance between the later and the nipple areola complex.

journal_name

Aesthetic Plast Surg

journal_title

Aesthetic plastic surgery

authors

de la Plaza R,de la Cruz L,Moreno C,Soto L

doi

10.1007/s00266-004-0370-4

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pub_date

2004-11-01 00:00:00

pages

383-92

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eissn

0364-216X

issn

1432-5241

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The crossed dermal flaps technique for breast reduction.