Abstract

TABOADA SUAREZ, A.; BREA GARCIA, B.; GONZALEZ ALVAREZ, E.  and  COUTO GONZALEZ, I. Satisfaction after severe mammary hipertrophy surgery. Cir. plást. iberolatinoam. [online]. 2010, vol.36, n.1, pp.13-18. ISSN 1989-2055.

Severe hypertrophic breast supposes to many women the origin of some physical and psychic widely recognized disorders. We present here the results obtained after surgery in patients with macromastia operated in our Service throughout 8 years, with the application of two different techniques: Thorek technique and McKissock technique. A total of 98 patients were operated, 77,55 % by Thorek technique and 22,45 % by McKissock technique. Complications after surgery were low in both techniques, being seroma and hematoma the most frequent ones and partial / total nipple-areola complex necrosis in Thorek technique. Satisfaction level among patients after surgery was "high satisfied" or "satisfied" in most of the cases. In macromastia with severe ptosis, we believe Thorek technique is the most suitable option. If technically possible, McKissock technique allows an excellent correction preserving areola and nipple sensibility.

Keywords : Breast hypertrophy; Thorek technique; McKissock technique.

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