The Effects of Breast Reduction and Breast Augmentation Surgery on Lactation: An Annotated Bibliography

Abstract

An annotated bibliography reviews journal literature, some medical texts and sources cited therein, from the past ten years on the subject of the effects ofbreast reduction and breast augmentation surgery on the ability to lactate. Far more information is available about the relationship of breast reduction surgery and lactation than about breast augmentation surgery and lactation. Women are often able to breastfeed after breast augmentation surgery. Depending upon the type of breast reduction surgery, estimates of the number of women who can lactate after reduction surgery range from zero to 70 percent.