The research of nipple ischemia after the corrective surgery of congenitally inverted nipples using a tractor / 中华整形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective@#This research studied the clinical manifestation, classification and countermeasure of nipple ischemia after the corrective surgery of congenitally inverted nipples using a tractor.@*Methods@#From October 2014 to October 2016, the symptoms, treatments and outcomes of postsurgical nipple ischemia (n=81) of 43 patients were collected and analyzed to propose a clinical classification theory.@*Results@#This theory divided nipple ischemia into 3 categories of incidence Grade Ⅰ at 13.58% (11/81), Grade Ⅱ at 11.11% (9/81), and Grade Ⅲ at 2.47% (2/81). After changing dressing for 7-34 days (the average of 15 days), all GradeⅡand Ⅲ wounds healed eventually.@*Conclusions@#The clinical classification theory of nipple ischemia can provide significant guidance for clinical observations, treatments and prognosis.