Table 2.

Preoperative Characteristics

	Overall	Wise	Vertical	P
Total no. patients	60	49	11	—
Diagnosis, n (%)
Macromastia	54 (90.0)	47	7	0.008
Asymmetry	29 (48.3)	21	8	NS
Nipple to IMF ± SD, cm
Right	12.4 ± 1.4	12.5 ± 1.4	11.0 ± 1.4	NS
Left	11.7 ± 1.9	11.9 ± 1.7	8.5 ± 0.7	0.009
SN to nipple ± SD, cm
Right	30.8 ± 3.7	31.1 ± 3.7	28.9 ± 2.2	NS
Left	30.2 ± 4.1	30.6 ± 3.7	27.4 ± 4.2	NS
Cup sizes, n (%)
D	6 (10.0)	4 (8.2)	2 (18.2)	NS
DD	18 (30.0)	14 (28.6)	4 (36.4)	NS
DDD	15 (25.0)	14 (28.6)	1 (9.1)	NS
DDDD	1 (1.7)	1 (2.0)	0 (0.0)	NS
E	1 (1.7)	1 (2.0)	0 (0.0)	NS
F	4 (6.7)	5 (10.2)	0 (0.0)	NS
G	7 (11.7)	6 (12.2)	1 (9.1)	NS
H	1 (1.7)	1 (2.0)	0 (0.0)	NS
HHH	1 (1.7)	1 (2.0)	0 (0.0)	NS
I	2 (3.3)	1 (2.0)	1 (9.1)	NS

IMF, inframammary fold; SN, sternal notch; NS, not significant.