[Primary reconstruction in breast-saving cancer surgery].

Breast-conserving therapy in mammary carcinoma is an alternative to the more radical forms of therapy when the tumors are small. The cosmetic results obtained are not always satisfactory. Correction of deformities of this kind in breasts which have been subjected to post-operative radiation is difficult and dangerous.

The square chin and the pointed chin: Another refinement in facial aesthetics.

The authors present a simple surgical procedure for changing a pointed chin into a square one, through the resectioning of a horizontal bone fragment of the free edge of the mentum. An amount of soft tissue of this region can be resected during surgery as a secondary reshaping maneuver. A third technical detail can be added to improve the final result, using a small bone resection wedge in the middle of the mentum edge.

Mammary reduction combined with reverse abdominoplasty.

We present the surgical technique of reverse abdominoplasty combined with mammary reduction in a single stage. The technical details are described, with special reference to patient selection and postoperative care. Comments about the midsternal scar line are also included.