[Posterior pedicle: anatomoclinical concept of mammaplasty].

The classical inferior pedicle is actually a posterior pedicle. It is vascularized by means of the pectoral muscle and fascia, as has been demonstrated by injection studies of the thoracoacromial artery in fresh cadavers. The resulting mammary dissection as an anatomo surgical concept is nowadays employed in numerous mammary techniques and particularly in the majority of the peri areolar techniques as well as in reduction techniques with vertical scars.