“Ribeiro in a Hammock”- Technique for Mastopexy - Abstract
The article describes a modified technique of Ribeiro´s “security flap” described 1973. The existing breast tissue of a mild to moderate ptotic breast is reshaped for restoring upper pole fullness, better projection of the breast mound and improving the nipple-areolar position. Adressing the problem of “bottoming-out” an inferior chest wall based flap is sutured to the pectoralis fascia; after being advanced to the upper pole and subsequently secured ventrally and inferiorly by connecting an inferior medial and lateral flap forming a dermoglandular hammock.