Vertical mammoplasty incision for oncoplastic breast resection

The candidate for this procedure should have only a mild-to-moderate degree of ptosis with an inferior pole lesion. A vertically oriented ellipse of skin is marked without using lateral reduction skin resections. This includes a section of tissue removed from the inferior pole with approximation of both medial and lateral tissue flaps. In addition, an associated round-block incision around the nipple will lift the nipple-areola complex at the same time the inferior pole is reduced. The final result has a circum-areolar incision with a vertical midline extension down to the inframammary fold.