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The pre-operative appearance of the patient. (a) Frontal view, (b) lateral view
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F1
The present case report is about a 21-year-old female patient who had a scald burn injury at 1.5 years old was admitted to our department for her breast deformation due to burn contracture at the inferior pole of the right breast [Figure 1a and b].
Pre-operative planning. (a) The new position of the nipple-areolar complex is marked, (b) close-up view of the distance between the nipple-areolar complex and inframammarian fold
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F2
We found that the inframammary sulcus of the right breast was 2 cm lower than that of the left; the distance of the nipple to inframammary sulcus was 4.7 cm, whereas the areola to inframammary sulcus was 2 cm [Figure 2a and b]. Medial and lateral lines were planned to merge inferiorly at 2 cm above the inframammary sulcus [Figure 2a and b].
The schematic drawing of pre-operative planning
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F3
According to this technique, the diameter of the medial and lateral vertical will determine the length of the nipple to inframammary sulcus [Figure 3].