Combined superior and inferior dermoglandular flaps for projection enhancement in giantic breast amputation and free nipple areola graft

Yamen Almeghawesh

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v7nS1.14577

Authors

Yamen Almeghawesh
Yamenmgwish@yahoo.com
Bellaroma Hospital Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Keywords:

giantomastia, breast tissue, epidermis, cooper's ligaments, gigantomastia, ligaments

Abstract

Giantomastia has been a pathological condition in which excised breast tissue weighs more than1.5 kg per breast or when breast weight surpasses three percent of body weight. epidermis & Cooper's ligaments, which support breast tissue, expand as a result of breasts becoming heavier & larger, which causes breast ptosis. Numerous methods for correcting gigantomastia have been discovered. amputation for decreased studied cases who complain of gigantomastia & severe ptosis (space among nipple & inframammary fold exceeds twenty-five cm) are only eligible for mammaplasty with free nipple-areola grafting. purpose of that surgery is to achieve breast shape size that is acceptable while also relieving pain & suffering brought on by excessive breast tissue hypertrophy. flat, boxy breasts with poor projection is the main drawback of that treatment. Several flaps, including superior, inferior, medial, superomedial,& lateral-based flaps combined with wise-pattern skin excision, are employed to address this drawback.

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