REDUCTION MAMMAPLASTY - ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS WEIGHT, RESECTION WEIGHTS, AND LATE COMPLICATIONS

The medical records of 291 patients who had undergone reduction mammap lasty were analysed. A total of 216 (74%) of the women were overweight and 67 (23%) to such a degree that according to our policy they shoul d not have been candidates for operation. Most of the patients were yo ung-199 (68%) were less than 40 years old and 110 (38%) were less than 25 years old. Total bilateral resection weights in many younger women were quite low. Of the 199 patients less than 40 years old 64 (32%) h ad less than 500 g total bilateral resection weight whereas 85 (92%) o f the women 40 years old or more had resections of more than 500 g. La te complications were few-the rate of infection was similar in all wei ght groups. Fat and nipple necrosis-although rare-were more likely to occur in the obese and in patients over 30 years old.