A Mathematical Design in Creating the New Nipple-Areolar Complex in Vertical Mammaplasty

Summary: Vertical mammaplasty for breast reduction has been widely popularized by Lejour. In her planning for the new nipple-areolar complex, she did not specify a method of drawing the periareolar curve, leaving it to the surgeon’s creativity. We have designed a simple method using mathematics to d...

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Main Authors: Hui Min Jessica Lai, MBBS, Thomas Lam, FRCS (Ed.), FRCS (Glas.), FRACS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2014-07-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2014/07000/Article.8.aspx