Reduction mammaplasty-An eclectic approach

In a series of 200 personally performed mammaplasties, two main approaches were used: (a) small, ptotic, and moderately hypertrophic breasts were treated by elliptical wedge excision either vertical or oblique; and (b) large hypertrophic breasts were treated by Arié-Pitanguy wedge excision, ending with an inverted T suture line. The results are discussed.