[Correction of late burn sequelae in the area of the female breast].

Burn scars on the anterior or lateral wall of the thorax often disfigure the female breast. The forward projection of the mammary glands is restricted and their shape is deformed by the scar tissue. This paper presents a report of 160 female patients with deformities of the breast due to burns of the thoracic wall. In 36 patients the psychologic effects of burn scars were evaluated. The time of operative intervention of these burns in children is discussed. A new classification of the various deformities of the female breast is presented (severity-index). The results of reconstructive surgery are objectively assessed using the criterium of improvement in the severity index.