TY - JOUR AU - Tuncer, Serhan AB - Aesth Plast Surg (2014) 38:258–259 DOI 10.1007/s00266-013-0208-z LETTER T O T HE EDITOR BREAST A Useful Device for Pedicle Safety During Early Breast Reduction Experiences: Assistant Rake • • Ismail Kucuker Hakan Bulam Serhan Tuncer Received: 11 June 2013 / Accepted: 9 August 2013 / Published online: 20 November 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York and International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2013 Level of Evidence IV This journal requires that authors The assistant rake is a device designed primarily to fix assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full the objects and assist a cordless power knife (Sonic Blade description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, designed by EMSON ). It consists of nine parallel metal please refer to the Table of Contents or the online pins and a handle (Fig. 1). Each pin is 7 cm long. Its edges Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266. are sharp and its body is tough enough to advance into Plastic surgeons have a learning curve for breast mammary fibroglandular tissue. This device was used in reduction surgery. The most common anxiety for beginners the first breast reduction cases of our residents and fellows is necrosis of the nipple-areola complex (NAC), TI - A Useful Device for Pedicle Safety During Early Breast Reduction Experiences: Assistant Rake JF - Aesthetic Plastic Surgery DO - 10.1007/s00266-013-0208-z DA - 2013-11-20 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/a-useful-device-for-pedicle-safety-during-early-breast-reduction-FHJwH2fD8J SP - 258 EP - 259 VL - 38 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -