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Male reduction mammaplasty after vertical banded gastroplasty
1Department of Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden.
Obesity Surgery
|December 22, 1999
Abstract
Background:
Breast reduction surgery is common in females; however, in males it is mainly due to gynecomastia. After weight reduction following obesity surgery, it is a problem in women, but also in some men.
Method:
One patient is described in whom the weight reduction declined from BMI 52 to BMI 36 after vertical banded gastroplasty, giving the patient ptotic breasts.
Results:
The patient underwent reduction mammaplasty with lateral single-based cutaneous flaps, and a total of 1,000 g was removed.
Conclusion:
Reduction mammoplasty can be performed in males with the methods used today, after successful weight loss following obesity surgery.