The Modified Surgical Treatment of Gynecomastia: Pan-cake Method.

Park, Jin Hong; Lee, Yoon Ho

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Original Article

Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2007;34(5):628-634.
Published online September 1, 2007.

The Modified Surgical Treatment of Gynecomastia: Pan-cake Method.

Jin Hong Park, Yoon Ho Lee

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. yhlee@snu.ac.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE
Subcutaneous mastectomy has been accepted as a standard for the treatment of gynecomastia. Surgical managements including ultrasound-assisted liposuction(UAL) have had limited success and several combined approaches were tried to find the most effective method. We designed a modified subcutaneous mastectomy, which we call "pan-cake method". The purpose of this study is to evaluate the results of our method for the treatment of gynecomastia. METHODS: 16 patients from 16 to 31 years of age having gynecomastia were operated using the pan-cake method. 11 patients were in grade I, and 5 patients were in grade II, no patient were in grade III or IV, according to Rod's classification. The pan-cake method started with modified periareolar incision. We executed subcutaneous dissection first and suprafascial dissection next. After dividing the breast into four equal quadrants, we removed breast tissue from each quadrant as necessary. The operation time for the resection was recorded and the weight of removed parenchyme tissues was measured.
RESULTS
All the operations were successful. There were no asymmetries, contour deformities, or irregularities. Only 6 cases needed the combined therapy with ultrasound-assisted liposuction(UAL) because of the step deformities. The average operation time was 24.1 minutes and the average weight of removed breast tissue was 98.1g. All the patients were satisfied with the aesthetic results.
CONCLUSION
We concluded that the pan-cake method is an alternative option for the surgical treatment of gynecomastia, giving good aesthetic results and relatively short operation time.

Keywords: Gynecomastia; Subcutaneous mastectomy

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