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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Husnain Shaukat, M.D [2]

Overview

Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with gynecomastia. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either psychological stresses, extensive gynecomastia or failure of medical treatment. The type of surgical technique depends on the extent of gynecomastia.

Surgery

  • Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with gynecomastia.[1]
  • The aim of surgery is to achieve the normal appearance, with the smallest possible scar.[2]
  • The surgical techniques used for gynecomastia depends on the extent of gynecomastia and proportion of different breast components (parenchyma, fat, loose skin).
  • Most commonly used surgical technique is subcutaneous mastectomy with or without liposuction.[3]
  • Extensive surgery, including skin resection, is done in patients with gynecomastia and excessive sagging of the breast tissue.[4]
  • Liposuction alone can be done for pseudo gynecomastia.[4]

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Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:

References

  1. Bembo SA, Carlson HE (2004). "Gynecomastia: its features, and when and how to treat it". Cleve Clin J Med. 71 (6): 511–7. PMID 15242307.
  2. Narula HS, Carlson HE (2007). "Gynecomastia". Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 36 (2): 497–519. doi:10.1016/j.ecl.2007.03.013. PMID 17543732.
  3. Carlson HE (2011). "Approach to the patient with gynecomastia". J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 96 (1): 15–21. doi:10.1210/jc.2010-1720. PMID 21209041.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Johnson RE, Murad MH (2009). "Gynecomastia: pathophysiology, evaluation, and management". Mayo Clin Proc. 84 (11): 1010–5. doi:10.1016/S0025-6196(11)60671-X. PMC 2770912. PMID 19880691.

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