מאמר של פרופ' חייק יוסף

In the naïve ptotic large breast, in the subgroup of obese patients, there is often a lateral fat pad extension of the breast toward the posterior axillary line. The main difference between a naïve large breast and a reconstructed one is the projection of the breast. The conus of the breast is transformed from a ptotic breast into a protruding one. This transformation extenuates the lateral fat pad extension and obliterates the lateral breast footprint with poor aesthetic result. We address this problem with the elongated teardrop incision. Between February and December of 2010, we performed this technique on 13 immediately reconstructed breasts. The mean age of the patients was 50.2 years. The mean body mass index was 29.4 kg/m².