Late results of mammareduction plasty : Deepithelization, ribeiro procedure, and reconstructed burn-injured breasts.

The long-term results of a method for reducing mammary hyperplasia and ptosis are discussed. The approach combines an earlier, unpublished technique with modifications of methods reported by several investigators. A related technique has also been used in transplanting full-thickness skin grafts after burns of the breast area and in other abnormalities and wounds of the breast.