Reverse breast lift for treatment of congenital symmastia
INTRODUCTION: Breasts are associated with a feeling of beauty, self-esteem, and female sexuality. Symmastia is a condition, characterized by the confluence of both breasts in the pre-sternal region. The author demonstrates a surgical technique for correction of congenital symmastia. METH...
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| author | Getúlio Duarte Junior Fábio Coelho Duarte |
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| description | INTRODUCTION: Breasts are associated with a feeling of beauty, self-esteem, and female sexuality. Symmastia is a condition, characterized by the confluence of both breasts in the pre-sternal region. The author demonstrates a surgical technique for correction of congenital symmastia.
METHODS: This is the case report of a young patient with previous history of breast hypertrophy and symmastia. She had previously undergone two mammoplasties and one liposuction of the breast, without correction of the symmastia . The author performed resection of the excess tissue in the breast and a reverse lifting of this region, with an upper abdominal advancement flap.
RESULTS: There was complete resolution of the symmastia.
CONCLUSION: The treatment performed by the author is a safe surgical alternative for the treatment of symmastia. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a71a45e2b5cc4a5486d18416780b77622025-08-20T02:51:50ZengThieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica1983-51752177-12352017-06-01320226827110.5935/2177-1235.2017RBCP0043Reverse breast lift for treatment of congenital symmastiaGetúlio Duarte Junior0Fábio Coelho Duarte1Hospital Niterói D’or, Niterói, RJ, BrazilHospital Niterói D’or, Niterói, RJ, BrazilINTRODUCTION: Breasts are associated with a feeling of beauty, self-esteem, and female sexuality. Symmastia is a condition, characterized by the confluence of both breasts in the pre-sternal region. The author demonstrates a surgical technique for correction of congenital symmastia. METHODS: This is the case report of a young patient with previous history of breast hypertrophy and symmastia. She had previously undergone two mammoplasties and one liposuction of the breast, without correction of the symmastia . The author performed resection of the excess tissue in the breast and a reverse lifting of this region, with an upper abdominal advancement flap. RESULTS: There was complete resolution of the symmastia. CONCLUSION: The treatment performed by the author is a safe surgical alternative for the treatment of symmastia.http://www.rbcp.org.br/export-pdf/1848/en_v32n2a19.pdfbreastmammoplastybreast implantationreconstructive surgical procedures |
| spellingShingle | Getúlio Duarte Junior Fábio Coelho Duarte Reverse breast lift for treatment of congenital symmastia Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica breast mammoplasty breast implantation reconstructive surgical procedures |
| title | Reverse breast lift for treatment of congenital
symmastia |
| title_full | Reverse breast lift for treatment of congenital
symmastia |
| title_fullStr | Reverse breast lift for treatment of congenital
symmastia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reverse breast lift for treatment of congenital
symmastia |
| title_short | Reverse breast lift for treatment of congenital
symmastia |
| title_sort | reverse breast lift for treatment of congenital symmastia |
| topic | breast mammoplasty breast implantation reconstructive surgical procedures |
| url | http://www.rbcp.org.br/export-pdf/1848/en_v32n2a19.pdf |
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