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C Lassus

Publications and source records attributed to C Lassus.

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PubMed1996

A 30-year experience with vertical mammaplasty.

In 1964, I started using vertical mammaplasty without a submammary scar for all breast reductions. This technique was based on the following principles: a central wedge resection, an upper pedicle for the areola, no undermining, and a vertical scar to finish off. Because of the drawings, there was a pitfall: In large breasts, the inferior portion of the vertical scar was showing below the submammary fold. This is why, in 1977, I modified the technique with the addition of a short horizontal scar to eliminate this drawback. At the time, I was respecting the dogma that the length of a vertical scar should not exceed 5.5 cm. Taking a look again at my patients after a few months, I was surprised to find that the horizontal scar had moved upward. This led me to verify that the distance between the inferior border of the areola and the inframammary fold was variable with the size of the breast. I was then convinced that it was possible to finish every mammaplasty with a vertical scar. Thus I modified the procedure again to make the vertical scar stay above the inframammary fold in almost all patients. In a personal series of 710 patients (1350 breasts) operated on from 1964 to 1994, mastopexy was performed in 439 breasts and breast reduction was performed in 911 breasts. There were few complications. This long experience with vertical mammaplasty indicates that it is a safe procedure giving long-lasting results.

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PubMed1996

A surgical solution to the deep nasolabial fold.

A persistent problem for restoration of youthful appearance is the nasolabial fold, despite the many techniques that have been proposed for its improvement. The anatomic assessments have led me to use the technique described herein, which is certainly not the final solution but which at the moment produces a significant improvement if it is done properly. It is a simple procedure that can be done on an outpatient basis or at the same time as a face lift.

Cheek↗
PubMed1996

Use of Gore-Tex.

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Humans↗
PubMed1995

Nasolabial fold.

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Humans↗
PubMed1992

Surgical vermillion augmentation: different possibilities.

In 1981 the author described a surgical technique to augment thin lips: a double YV mucosal plasty. Satisfactory and lasting results are achieved with this technique, mainly in young patients. Today, the author sometimes uses a fascia temporalis graft for lip augmentation. In patients over 40 he recommends that the temporalis fascia craft be combined with the double YV mucosal plasty.

Adult↗
PubMed1991

Expanded PTFE in the treatment of facial wrinkles.

The author describes his experience over 30 months using expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) for the treatment of the nasolabial folds and other wrinkles of the face. The results obtained seem to show that expanded PTFE is a new advance, if not a final one, in the solution of facial wrinkles.

Adult↗
PubMed1987

Breast reduction: evolution of a technique--a single vertical scar.

In the past 20 years, patients have become more critical about the result of a breast reduction operation. Natural lasting shape and minimal residual scarring are now expected by most of the candidates to that surgery. In 1969 the author described a vertical technique that achieved reduction and good shape but the end of the vertical scar could be seen below the brassiere line. In 1977 the author modified the technique by adding a small horizontal scar that eliminated the visible part of the vertical scar. In this article the author demonstrates that the same technique he described in 1969 and modified in 1977 can produce a single residual vertical scar if properly used.

Breast↗
PubMed1986

An "all-season" mammoplasty.

A reduction mammoplasty must produce a reduction in volume, a natural lasting shape, and minimal residual scarring. Many attempts to achieve this goal have been developed in recent years. The author described, in 1970, a vertical technique achieving an important reduction and a good shape but with the appearance of the end of the vertical scar below the brassiere line. In 1977, the author [3] modified the technique by the adjunction of a small horizontal scar to eliminate the inconvenience of the visible part of the vertical scar. In this article the author describes his technique which appears to be suitable for most types of breast deformities.

Breast↗
PubMed1984

Single-stage surgical treatment of frontal baldness.

Since Lamont first presented his hairflap procedure over 15 years ago for correction of frontal baldness, a number of changes and improvements in the technique have taken place. The author presents a one-stage temporo-parieto-occipital flap procedure that has developed from the work of Lamont and Juri.

Alopecia↗