BREAST

305 Vertical Scar Breast Reduction and Mastopexy – State of the Art
Jamil Ahmad, MD and Ryan Austin, MD
drraustin@theplasticsurgeryclinic.com
Level: Advanced Organization: Didactic Lecture
Desired outcomes:

• Achieve a narrow more attractive breast, while performing a shorter procedure, leaving fewer scars
• Review the key differences between this procedure and standard techniques
• Assess indications for its use, pre-operative planning and marking, as well as surgical technique through the use of photographs, illustrations and actual surgical videos
• Combined with case presentations, outline an essential understanding of vertical scar breast reduction sufficient to evaluate this procedure