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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
Liposuction of the breast in combination with vertical mammaplasty was applied to 250 breasts among 386 reductions of large breasts performed in 2 years (1989 to 1991). To evaluate the possible damage to the breast caused by this combined procedure, especially in terms of the occurrence of the postoperative development of calcifications, a comparative study of preoperative and postoperative mammograms was undertaken in 60 randomly selected cases (120 breasts), 34 with and 26 without liposuction. Altogether, 13 calcifications (11 percent) were discovered during the 6- to 30-month follow-up, representing the lowest rate reported in the literature. Deep intraparenchymal calcifications were more frequent after liposuction; most (5 of 7) were macrocalcifications. None could be confused with malignant calcifications because they were more scattered, more regular, and less numerous. Attempts to evaluate the fat content of breasts via preoperative mammography failed to prove this examination a useful way to predict the viability of breast liposuction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0032-1052
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
620-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Incidence of calcifications in the breast after surgical reduction and liposuction.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Brugmann, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article