Use of a questionably viable flap as a full thickness skin graft after mastectomy.
Questionably viable skin flaps may be used as full thickness grafts after mastectomy. It is suggested that the procedure described can help reduce the incidence of flap necrosis after mastectomy and yield a more acceptable cosmetic result.
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous