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Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 5/2008

01-09-2008 | Letter to the Editor

Postoperative Nipple-Areola Complex Monitoring: The “Trapdoor” Dressing

Authors: Andrea Figus, Stefano Chiummariello, Marco Iera, Carmine Alfano

Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery | Issue 5/2008

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Postoperative monitoring of the nipple-areola complex is a common procedure in breast surgery [1]. Following reconstructive and aesthetic surgery a compressive and stable dressing may be used in supporting the new shape of the breast [2]. During the postoperative period the dressing should be easily removable to check the nipple-areola complex viability. Many custom-made dressings, with more than one sterile drape or gauze, are used in many centers but very few are discussed in the literature. We introduce a simple, fast, practical, and easily reproducible dressing for postoperative monitoring of the nipple-areola complex. …
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Title
Postoperative Nipple-Areola Complex Monitoring: The “Trapdoor” Dressing
Authors
Andrea Figus
Stefano Chiummariello
Marco Iera
Carmine Alfano
Publication date
01-09-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery / Issue 5/2008
Print ISSN: 0364-216X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5241
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-008-9209-8

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