The Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy System is an Effective Strategy for the Treatment of Gynecomastia

Background Gynecomastia is the most common benign disease in males with an increasing prevalence in recent years. It may cause local pain and psychological disorders. The vacuum-assisted breast biopsy system has been reported to be a novel surgical approach for the treatment of gynecomastia. However...

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Published in:Aesthetic plastic surgery 2021-04, Vol.45 (2), p.404-410
Main Authors: Qu, Shaohua, Zhang, Wei, Li, Shuqin, He, Weili, Lu, Rongzhao, Zhang, Qing, Zhang, Jie, Wang, Ningxia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biopsy
Breast - surgery
Breast Neoplasms
Breasts
Disease
Gynecomastia - surgery
Hospitals
Humans
Liposuction
Male
Mastectomy
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Patients
Plastic Surgery
Retrospective Studies
Surgery
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary:Background Gynecomastia is the most common benign disease in males with an increasing prevalence in recent years. It may cause local pain and psychological disorders. The vacuum-assisted breast biopsy system has been reported to be a novel surgical approach for the treatment of gynecomastia. However, there are little detailed reports comparing the curative effect between traditional surgery and vacuum-assisted breast biopsy for gynecomastia. Besides, there was little study which compared the application of two different systems for the treatment of gynecomastia. Our study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of vacuum-assisted breast biopsy systems for patients with gynecomastia. Methods We retrospectively reviewed 83 patients with gynecomastia between January 2015 and December 2019. Open surgery was performed in 56 patients, and vacuum-assisted breast biopsy was performed in 27 patients. The characteristics of patients as well as the curative effects between the two groups were analyzed. The two vacuum-assisted breast biopsy systems (Mammotome and Encor) were performed for the patients with gynecomastia. The efficacy, safety, complications, and patient satisfactions were recorded during postoperative follow-up periods. Results Compared with the open surgery group, the vacuum-assisted breast biopsy group had significantly smaller scar sizes left after the operation (5.5 ± 1.3 cm vs 0.8 ± 0.2 cm, p 
ISSN:0364-216X
1432-5241
DOI:10.1007/s00266-020-01931-8