Five-step Correction of Congenital Symmastia. 2015

Stephen J Poteet, and Amanda Carraher, and Ibrahim H Amjad, and Rajiv Chandawarkar
Department of Plastic Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; and Amjad Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Miami, Fla.

Congenital symmastia is distressing and difficult to treat, and traditional surgical modalities have met with limited success. We present a novel approach for a patient that failed all traditional surgical options. The anatomic deformity is analyzed using a modified version of Blondeel's 3-step analysis (conus, footprint, and skin envelope, to which we added a fourth element "intermammary web"). Combining operative principles from breast cancer reconstruction, we describe 5 operative steps that help correct the deformity, followed by a new postoperative splinting regimen that addresses the common pitfalls that could lead to recurrence.

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