Reduction mammaplasty is effective treatment according to two quality of life instruments. A prospective randomised clinical trial.

Purpose: Debate around reduction mammaplasty has continued due to lack of prospective randomised clinical trials (RCTs). Therefore, a prospective randomised clinical trial was designed to assess the effectiveness of reduction mammaplasty performed for symptomatic breast hypertrophy.

Patients And Methods: 82 patients were randomised, 40 patients to the operative group, and 42 patients to the nonoperative group.