From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Trad Hospital and Medical Center.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2024 May 1;153(5):902e-909e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000010633. Epub 2023 May 9.
BACKGROUND: Although the beauty of the breast depends on aesthetic proportions, the position of the nipple-areola complex (NAC) on the breast mound and in relation to the implant during breast augmentation or mastopexy augmentation is critical. In fact, lack of nipple position determination in relation to the breast footprint is a deficiency of most currently applied measurements and evaluation tools. The authors hereby present a simple formula that allows accurate and proper prediction of the ideal NAC positioning for every patient depending on the chosen implant in case of mastopexy augmentation, or revision mastopexy with exchange of implants. METHODS: A prospective level IV analysis of all consecutive patients undergoing primary mastopexy augmentation or revision mastopexy with exchange of implants was performed between January of 2021 and January of 2022. Forty-eight consecutive patients were included in the study. The nipple-inframammary fold-upper breast border (NIU) principle was applied to all patients to determine the ideal position of the NAC. Patients were photographed preoperatively and postoperatively in a standardized manner. The main endpoint was to determine whether the NAC is located at the most projected point of the breast on follow-up. RESULTS: The NIU principle was applied to 48 patients between January of 2021 and January of 2022. Of those patients, 27 underwent primary augmentation mastopexy, and 21 underwent revision augmentation mastopexy with exchange of implants. The mean follow-up duration was 9.2 months (range, 6 to 18 months). All patients demonstrated proper NAC positioning on follow-up. CONCLUSION: The NIU principle is a simple and reliable method to determine the ideal NAC position during mastopexy augmentation or mastopexy with implant exchange. CLINICAL QUESTION/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic, IV.
背景:尽管乳房的美感取决于美学比例,但在乳房增大或乳房提升术中,乳头乳晕复合体(NAC)在乳房丘上的位置以及与植入物的关系至关重要。事实上,目前应用的大多数测量和评估工具都缺乏对 NAC 相对于乳房印迹位置的确定。作者在此提出了一个简单的公式,可根据患者的情况准确预测每个患者在乳房提升术中或更换植入物的修复性乳房提升术中的理想 NAC 定位,适用于所有接受乳房增大术或更换植入物的修复性乳房提升术的连续患者。
方法:2021 年 1 月至 2022 年 1 月,对所有连续接受原发性乳房增大术或更换植入物的修复性乳房提升术的患者进行了前瞻性四级分析。本研究共纳入 48 例连续患者。所有患者均应用乳头-乳晕下皱襞-上乳房边界(NIU)原则确定 NAC 的理想位置。患者以标准化的方式在术前和术后进行拍照。主要终点是确定在随访时 NAC 是否位于乳房最突出的部位。
结果:2021 年 1 月至 2022 年 1 月,应用 NIU 原则对 48 例患者进行了分析。其中 27 例患者接受原发性增大乳房提升术,21 例患者接受更换植入物的修复性增大乳房提升术。平均随访时间为 9.2 个月(6 至 18 个月)。所有患者在随访时均显示出适当的 NAC 定位。
结论:NIU 原则是一种简单可靠的方法,可确定乳房提升术或更换植入物的乳房提升术中理想的 NAC 位置。
临床问题/证据水平:治疗性,IV。
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