Breast Reduction Mammaplasty Wet Technique
The wet technique permits breast sculpture with:
- Less blood loss and bleeding
- Less bruising
- Less swelling after surgery
- Less after surgery discomfort
- Lower chance needing drains after surgery
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Breast reduction surgery can be done with a wet technique. A dilute solution
of local anesthetic and epinephrine injected early during the operation
changes the nature of the surgery. This is similar to the methods used
during tumescent liposuction
or super-wet suction lipectomy. This is also similar to male breast reduction
with tumescent technique
(warning graphic images). The wet technique can be adapted for use with
breast reduction alone or when liposuction is part of the surgical sculpture.
If you are interested in exploring what the wet technique may have to
offer for your own breast reduction concerns, give our office a call and
set up a consultation. We take pride in the education of our patients,
the surgical sculpture, care during and after surgery, and a specific
attention to details.
Learn more about the wet technique for breast
reduction.
Read more about Tumescent or Wet Technique Breast Reduction (Links go
to the National Library of Medicine. Articles are written for medical
personnel):
Reg
Anesth Pain Med 1998 Nov-Dec;23(6):575-9
Pre-incision infiltration with lidocaine reduces pain and opioid consumption
after reduction mammoplasty.
Rosaeg OP, Bell M, Cicutti NJ, Dennehy KC, Lui AC, Krepski B
Department of Anaesthesia, Ottawa Civic Hospital, University of Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada.
Found that tumescent infiltration with lidocaine for reduction mammoplasty
resulted in less pain after surgery and less use of pain medication.
Acta
Chir Plast 1999;41(4):103-6
An infiltration technique for reduction mammaplasty: results in 192 consecutive
breasts.
O'Donoghue JM, Chaubal ND, Haywood RM, Rickard R, Desai SN
Department of Plastic Surgery, Stoke Mandeville NHS Trust Hospital, Aylesbury,
Bucks, United Kingdom.
Describes a technique for tumescent breast reduction surgery that resulted
in less bleeding during surgery, less after surgery blood loss, and lowers
need for after surgery drains.
Ann
Plast Surg 1999 Aug;43(2):127-31
Dilute adrenaline infiltration and reduced blood loss in reduction mammaplasty.
Thomas SS, Srivastava S, Nancarrow JD, Mohmand MH
West Midlands Regional Plastic Surgery Unit, Wordsley Hospital, Stourbridge,
UK.
Dilute adrenaline infiltration reduced blood loss in reduction mammaplasty.
Their technique did not change the amount of after surgery drainage.
Plast
Reconstr Surg 1998 Aug;102(2):373-6
Preoperative injection using a diluted anesthetic/adrenaline solution
significantly reduces blood loss in reduction mammaplasty.
Wilmink H, Spauwen pH, Hartman EH, Hendriks JC, Koeijers VF
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital
Nijmegen, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Found that diluted anesthetic / adrenaline solution decrease bleeding
and hospital stay for breast reduction surgery.
Scand
J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 1996 Mar;30(1):29-32
Reduction mammaplasty with adrenaline infiltration: effects on perioperative
bleeding.
Blomqvist L, Sellman G, Strombeck JO
Department of Plastic Surgery, Stockholm Soder Hospital, Sweden.
Found that reduction mammaplasty that had an infiltration of local anaesthetic
and adrenaline bled less during surgery. After surgery bleeding was reduced
so that drains were not necessary.
Scand
J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 1992;26(2):211-5
The effects of infiltration with adrenaline on blood loss during reduction
mammaplasty.
Samdal F, Serra M, Skolleborg KC
Department of Plastic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen,
Norway.
Demonstrated that dilute adrenaline reduced bleeding with breast reduction
surgery.
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