METHOD OF SURGICAL FORMATION OF THE AREOLA AND NIPPLE ON THE MAMMARY GLAND Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC A61B17/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to plastic and reconstructive surgery. Perform marking in the form of the oval of the areola on the newly formed mammary gland. Deepithelialize the skin in this oval and excise a full-fledged skin flap according to the size of the future areola and transplant it to the de-epithelialized skin in the form of an oval, and then it is hemmed to the edges of the healthy skin of the breast. In this case, a skin incision of 0.4–0.8 cm is made in the upper third of the inner thigh of the patient at the site located on the border with the inguinal fold. Tunnel is made 2–4 cm long under the skin and a silicone ball is inserted through the incision with a diameter of 0.8–1.3 cm to the end of the tunnel, followed by a single nodal seam on the wound of the skin. Then, after 1–2 months, a skin flap is cut into an oval with a diameter of 3–4 cm, in the center of which there is a silicone ball under skin, transferred to the de-epithelialized skin in the form of an oval and hemmed to the edges of the healthy skin of the breast. In particular case, the mammary gland is labeled and then de-epithelialized in an oval skin area 3–4 cm in diameter. silicone ball is placed under the pigmented skin of the upper third of the inner thigh, located on the border with the inguinal ligament.

EFFECT: method allows to improve the aesthetic effect of the operation and to increase its stability.

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