Does reduction mammaplasty improve lung function test in women with macromastia? Results of a randomized controlled trial.

Background: To determine the effects of reduction mammaplasty on lung function in women with mammary hypertrophy (macromastia), a prospective, randomized, controlled trial was conducted at the Academic Surgery and Plastic Surgery Units, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, United Kingdom.

Methods: Seventy-three women who were referred for consideration of bilateral breast reduction surgery were randomized into either an early intervention group (surgery within 6 weeks) or a control group (surgery 6 months after recruitment). Each group had two sets of lung function tests: the intervention group had one before and one 3 months after surgery and the control arm had one test initially and a second test 4 months after randomization and before surgery.

Necrotising fasciitis.

Necrotising fasciitis is a rare but life threatening condition that requires immediate action, but uncertainties still hamper prompt diagnosis and treatment