Arch Aesthetic Plast Surg.  2019 Apr;25(2):69-72. 10.14730/aaps.2019.01641.

The periareolar excision technique for improved scars in breast burns

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hanil General Hospital, Seoul, Korea. sil9113@gmail.com
  • 2Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.

Abstract

Regardless of size or severity, post-burn breast scars can be traumatic for patients. There are various approaches to post-burn scar management, but herein we present the results of a novel approach in which we tried to remove the scars in an early stage of treatment. Breast burn patients, whose wound area included the nipple-areolar complex, were treated using a periareolar incision design similar to that of periareolar reduction mammoplasty. The remnant scar was located only along the periareolar complex. As a result, more cosmetically satisfactory results were achieved compared to skin grafting or local flap procedures.

Keyword

Burn; Breast; Post-burn scar

MeSH Terms

Breast*
Burns*
Cicatrix*
Female
Humans
Mammaplasty
Skin Transplantation
Wounds and Injuries
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