An innovative nipple reconstruction technique for minimizing postoperative scars: The teardrop flap

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Nipple reconstruction methods include various techniques, such as the local flap technique, free nipple grafting, and filler injection. The local flap technique can provide less donor site morbidity than a free nipple graft, but leaves an additional scar near the nipple. We present a novel method for reconstruction of the nipple using a flap located on one side of the nipple. The flap has a teardrop shape consisting of a circle and two wings folded to one side. The two wings form a pillar and cap, and the de-epithelialized tip of one wing fills the internal dead space of the new nipple. We applied this nipple reconstruction technique in the case of a 61-year-old patient who had a vertical scar due to inverted-T reduction mammoplasty. The patient had lost her nipple in previous breastconserving surgery. The immediate postoperative nipple projection was 10 mm. At the 7-month follow-up visit, the nipple projection was 7.5 mm. The teardrop flap is an innovative technique that leaves no additional scar by using the scar already present on one side of the nipple.

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