Repair of defect of anterior chest wall with a turnover, dermal-fat, deltopectoral flap: case report.
We present a case in which a full-thickness defect of the anterior chest wall was closed with a turnover, dermal-fat, deltopectoral flap--with split-skin grafts for the cover. This is a worthwhile alternative procedure to be added to the already numerous techniques currently available for the repair of such defects.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000637:transplantation; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous