Managing significant loss of skin and nipple compromise in breast reductions

Rafael Mendoza; Ji Cheng Hsieh; Chitang J. Joshi; Robert D. Galiano

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-57121-4_19

Managing significant loss of skin and nipple compromise in breast reductions

Rafael Mendoza, Ji Cheng Hsieh, Chitang J. Joshi, Robert D. Galiano^*

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Surgery, Plastic Surgery Division

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Abstract

Close to 8.7% of patients undergoing a breast reduction surgery will experience a complication. Skin necrosis, nipple-areolar complex necrosis, and fat necrosis are uncommon complications after reduction mammaplasty but can significantly impact morbidity as well as outcomes, thus negatively affecting patient satisfaction. Identifying risk factors, being familiar to a wide variety of surgical techniques for planning, and close observation to signs of ischemia and healing difficulties will help the surgeon to opportunely manage these complications. New diagnostic and therapeutic approaches have become available. Some of these with supportive data in other types of surgery have slowly made an entry into breast surgery and breast reduction surgery.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Managing Common and Uncommon Complications of Aesthetic Breast Surgery
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	179-188
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030571214
ISBN (Print)	9783030571207
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57121-4_19
State	Published - Apr 14 2021

Keywords

Areola necrosis
Breast reduction
Fat necrosis
Mammaplasty
Nipple necrosis
Skin flap necrosis

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General Medicine

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