A client is scheduled to undergo a procedure to lift her breasts that have drooped because of significant weight loss. The nurse identifies this procedure as which of the following?
A) Reduction mammoplasty
B) Mastopexy
C) Autogenous breast reconstruction
D) Mastectomy
B
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A mastopexy is a procedure that involves lifting a breast. This procedure is similar to a reduction mammoplasty (removal of glandular breast tissue, fat, and skin bilaterally to decrease the size of large pendulous breasts), although the incision and scar line are smaller and the recovery time is shorter. Autogenous breast reconstruction involves the harvesting of the client's tissue from the rectus abdominis muscle to create a new breast. A mastectomy is a removal of a breast.
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