Reduction mammoplasty in adolescents and elderly: A ten year case series analyzing age related outcome with focus on safety and complications

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INTRODUCTION Reduction mammoplasty alleviates symptoms of macromastia in various ways. Current study results mainly identify perioperative risk factors for middle aged patients. We investigated a large series of consecutive breast reductions procedures to study whether patients' age at the time of operation is related to the postoperative outcome. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all non-oncologic breast reduction procedures at a single institution over a ten year time period, analyzing patients (age, BMI, comorbidities, medicat Show more