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COMPARATIVE VALUES OF PRESENT-DAY METHODS OF REPAIR AND THE PROCEDURE OF CHOICE

JACQUES W. MALINIAK, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1935;31(4):587-600.

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The pendulous hypertrophic breast occurs far more often than is generally realized. It is frequent in young girls as well as in women who have borne children and may occasion great physical and mental distress. As a whole the medical profession has not taken cognizance of the prevalence or attendant discomforts of this condition, and many physicians are unaware that safe and successful methods of repair are available. It is my purpose briefly to classify and describe the etiology of the pendulous hypertrophic breast, to compare the principal surgical methods that are employed to correct this deformity and to present an operation in two stages that I consider the procedure of choice.

CLASSIFICATION

It must be made clear at the outset that by the term hypertrophy is designated not only true hyperplasia of the mammary gland, which is rare, but various other forms of overdevelopment. In all there are four . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sydenham Hospital.

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