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Ultrasound energy is being applied to the breast tissue to achieve breast reduction and correction of mild- to medium-degree breast ptosis. The ideal candidate for a breast reduction with ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty is a patient with juvenile breasts that are usually characterized by fatty parenchyma or a patient with postmenopausal involution parenchyma, with good skin tone and elasticity present. The author describes the technique of Vaser-assisted breast reduction in combination with the Passot method of breast reduction.
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Di Giuseppe, A. (2016). Vaser-Assisted Breast Reduction. In: Shiffman, M., Di Giuseppe, A. (eds) Liposuction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48903-1_28
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