Useful Reduction Mammoplasty Technique in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery and Reconstruction

Figure 8

Reduction mammoplasty and nipple or skin-sparing mastectomy (NSSM) in patients with right breast cancer. A patient with a breast cancer tumor in the right upper quadrant of the right breast adjacent to the reduction mammoplasty design is shown. An extended latissimus dorsi (LD) flap with a 7 × 21 cm skin paddle was designed. The excised tissue weight in contralateral reduction mammoplasty was 341 g. (a) Preoperative image. (b, c) Preoperative reduction mammoplasty and extended LD flap designs. (d) One year postoperative image.