Effect Of Reduction Mammaplasty Research Articles

Effects of Reduction Mammaplasty on Weight Loss in Obese and Overweight Adolescents: A 7-Year Review

Effects of Reduction Mammaplasty on Weight Loss in Obese and Overweight Adolescents: A 7-Year Review

The Effect of Reduction Mammaplasty on Body Posture: A Preliminary Study.

Excess breast volume can lead to changes in the postural pattern that may result in pain. This causes women to seek reduction mammaplasty, a surgical procedure that reduces breast volume and may provide relief from symptoms. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether reduction mammaplasty can influence the posture of women. The postures of women with breast hypertrophy were evaluated using postural assessment software and photographic recording performed on the day of surgery and 3 months after the procedure. After surgical breast reduction, the patients had statistically significant changes in their postural patterns related to the horizontal alignment of the anterosuperior iliac spines and the angle of the acromion and anterior superior iliac spines. The analysis of the results showed statistically significant data on postural changes in the patients 3 months after the surgical procedure.

The Effect of Reduction Mammaplasty on Quality of Life in Adolescents With Macromastia.

To measure changes in health-related quality of life and breast-related symptoms after reduction mammaplasty in adolescents. In this longitudinal cohort study, we administered the Short-Form 36v2 (SF-36), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), Breast-Related Symptoms Questionnaire (BRSQ), and Eating Attitudes Test-26 to 102 adolescents with macromastia and 84 female controls, aged 12 to 21 years. Patients with macromastia completed surveys preoperatively and after reduction mammaplasty at 6 months and 1, 3, and 5 years. Controls completed baseline and follow-up surveys at the same intervals. Patients with macromastia demonstrated significant score improvements postoperatively from baseline on the RSES, BRSQ, and in 7 out of 8 SF-36 domains: physical functioning, role-physical, bodily pain, vitality, social functioning, role-emotional, mental health (P < .001, all). By the 6-month follow-up visit, postoperative subjects scored similarly to or more favorably than controls on the RSES, BRSQ, Eating Attitudes Test-26 , and SF-36; these benefits persisted for at least 5 years and were not significantly affected by BMI category or age. Reduction mammaplasty was significantly associated with improvements in health-related quality of life and breast-related symptoms of adolescent patients, with measureable improvements in physical and psychosocial well-being evident by 6 months postoperatively and still demonstrable after 5-years. These results largely do not vary by BMI category or age. Patients and providers should be aware of the potential positive impact that reduction mammaplasty can provide adolescents with symptomatic macromastia. Historic concerns regarding age and BMI category at the time of surgery should be reconsidered.

Effects of reduction mammaplasty on the static balance and biomechanics of gait

Background This study aimed to analyze the effects of reduction mammaplasty on static balance and gait from women with breast hypertrophy grades III and IV.

Reduction mammaplasty in a developing country: a guideline for plastic surgeons for patient selection.

BackgroundIn Ghana and most developing countries there has been no standardized study of reduction mammaplasty (RM) in patients with symptomatic macromastia (SM), despite its debilitating effects. This study aimed to analyze the physical and psychological effects associated with female patients who underwent reduction mammaplasty and to develop a guideline for plastic surgeons in developing countries to know the most important signs and symptoms to consider in SM patients.MethodsFrom 2003 to 2009, all females with SM who visited Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana, for RM were given a questionnaire designed to evaluate SM-related physical and psychological effects. These patients were then provided the same questionnaire at their final visit 5 months postoperatively to assess the effects of RM on SM.ResultsSixty-three patients who underwent RM were evaluated, with a mean age of 28.5 years. Twenty-seven (42.9%) patients reported that their macromastia started during puberty, with 3 (4.8%) patients associating the onset with pregnancy. Thirty (47.6%) patients reported having SM for more than 10 years. Multiple regression analysis revealed upper- and lower-back pain (p = 0.0005), painful bra strap grooves (p = 0.0041), teasing (p = 0.01), and poor self-image (p = 0.021) to be significant factors for which patients underwent RM. Postoperatively, most of the patients’ physical symptoms resolved, while 2 (3.2%) patients complained of residual psychological effects.ConclusionRM offers substantial symptomatic relief for patients with SM and results in significant improvement in the patient’s quality of life. This study conclusively demonstrates that, upper- and lower-back pain, painful bra strap grooves, teasing, and poor self-image should be considered by plastic surgeons before deciding which SM patient to treat when confronted with numerous SM patients.

Biomechanical changes in the low back following reduction mammaplasty surgery

Objective. To give evidence of the mechanical consequences of reduction mammaplasty (RM) on the low back. Design. A repeated-measures analysis was implemented to test the effect of RM on the external loads and angular velocity of the back during both static and dynamic lifting tasks. Background. Patient follow-up surveys have documented a decrease in the frequency of low back pain following RM, but there is no quantitative data regarding biomechanical changes following surgery. Methods. Patients were evaluated before and 4–8 weeks following RM. Flexion moment, compression and shear forces at L3-L4 were quantified for isometric flexion angles between 0 and 40 °. External loads and angular velocities of the back were studied during rapid dynamic lifting tasks. Results. Isometric external flexion moments at L3-L4 decreased following RM. RM did not effect the applied flexion moment in the lumbar spine, but a trend suggested that RM resulted in increased lifting velocity. Conclusions. RM does act to reduce the loads on the lumbar spine during simple isometric tasks. During dynamic tasks, subjects may be able to lift faster without generating larger loads.