Reduction mammaplasty : a comparison of outpatient and inpatient procedures

A review of the procedure, postoperative outcome, and expense of outpatient inferior pedicle reduction mammaplasty was compared with inpatient hospital treatment. Twenty outpatient procedures were compared with an equal number of inpatient procedures. Medical and social backgrounds of the two patien...

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Published in:	Aesthetic plastic surgery Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 77 - 80
Main Authors:	DAVIES, B. W, LEWIS, R. D, PENNINGTON, G. A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Springer 1996
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Ambulatory Care Biological and medical sciences Female Hospitalization Humans Mammaplasty Medical sciences Middle Aged Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the genital tract and mammary gland Human Plasty Mammary gland diseases Open reduction Surgery Plastic surgery Aesthetics Mammary gland Technique Comparative study Prolapse Hypertrophy
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Summary:	A review of the procedure, postoperative outcome, and expense of outpatient inferior pedicle reduction mammaplasty was compared with inpatient hospital treatment. Twenty outpatient procedures were compared with an equal number of inpatient procedures. Medical and social backgrounds of the two patient populations were similar. The findings indicate that bilateral breast reduction can be performed safely and cost-effectively as an outpatient procedure.
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ISSN:	0364-216X 1432-5241
DOI:	10.1007/BF02275581