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Full-Text Articles in Plastic Surgery
Gynaecomastia; Management With Liposuction And Glandular Excision, Stanley Ominde Khainga, Ronald Wasike, P. K. Biribwa
Gynaecomastia; Management With Liposuction And Glandular Excision, Stanley Ominde Khainga, Ronald Wasike, P. K. Biribwa
General Surgery, East Africa
Gynaecomastia is caused by an increase in ductal tissue, stroma and fat in the male breast. Frequently it occurs at the time of hormonal changes during infancy, adolescence and old age. Galen, introduced the term gynaecomastia in the second century AD and surgical excision was first described by Pauli of Aegina in the seventh AD (1,2). Ultrasound assisted liposuction and surgical excision of glandular tissue through an inferior circumareolar incision is currently the best mode of treatment. In this study seven patients varying from the ages 17-45 years were operated on using this technique at the Aga Khan University teaching …
Can Female Genital Mutilation Victims Benefit From Corrective Surgery: To Regain Sexual Pleasure And Be “Whole” Once Again?, Monique Sulls
Can Female Genital Mutilation Victims Benefit From Corrective Surgery: To Regain Sexual Pleasure And Be “Whole” Once Again?, Monique Sulls
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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is defined by the World Health Organization, (WHO), as the removal or cutting of the external female genitalia. WHO estimates between 100 and 140 million girls and women worldwide currently live with the consequences of FGM. The study finds that through corrective surgery, pre/post therapy, counseling, and sexual education victims to FGM can regain sexual pleasure providing them a chance to be “Whole” once again.
Reduction Of Mammoplasty Using Inferior Pedicle In Heavy Breasts (Macromastia)., Stanley Ominde Khainga, Ronald Wasike, P. K. Biribwa
Reduction Of Mammoplasty Using Inferior Pedicle In Heavy Breasts (Macromastia)., Stanley Ominde Khainga, Ronald Wasike, P. K. Biribwa
General Surgery, East Africa
Symptoms associated with heavy breasts are pain in the upper part of the body; back pains, poor body posture and headache. These patients also have difficulties in finding suitable clothes and experience poor self-image and problems such as establishing sexual relationships. Reduction mammoplasty procedure provides weight and volume reduction of the breast as well as enhancement of the aesthetic appearance of the breasts. In this study, the inferior pedicle technique was used in reduction of thirty five patients over the last four years with macromastia. In all the patients except three, good results were achieved. One patient suffered nipple necrosis …