Gynecomastia Treatment with Liposuction: Clinical Experience
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2020
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Aim: Gynecomastia is the visible enlargement of the male breast tissue either due tophysiologic, pathologic or drug-related causes. Physiological and pathological gynecomastiaoccurs because of the derangement of the estrogen and androgen metabolism. Drug-relatedgynecomastia is seen when using drugs affecting this hormone metabolism as well as a sideeffect of different drugs. Successful treatment of gynecomastia was reported with medicaltreatment and cessation of the possible causative drugs especially in early period, and withdirect excision, endoscopic subcutaneous mastectomy and excision with liposuction treatmentsin the late period.Material and Methods: In this study, we reported our results of gynecomastia treatment withsuction assisted wet liposuction in 3 different planes using 3 different thickness cannulas inGrade I, II and III patients. Forty five patients were operated between 2009 and 2019 usingthis technique in our clinique. All patients were followed for up to a minimum of 6 months toobserve the complication rate and the final aesthetic result.Results: Within the 45 patients evaluated in this study, the complication rate was 6.7%, thesuccess rate of the operation was 93.3% and the patient satisfaction was 91.1%. Gynecomastiatreatment in general -especially liposuction- was reviewed and our results were evaluatedbased on the literature results.Conclusion: There are many different options for gynecomastia treatment. In this study, weconcluded that in Grade I, II, and III patients good results can be achieved and patientsatisfaction is high in gynecomastia treatment with wet liposuction.
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