title: Toward a more natural breast: the interpolated thoracoepigastric pedicle in breast reconstruction.
abstract: A method of reconstructing the breast mound after mastectomy using a superiorly based thoracoepigastric pedicle is presented. The advantages of the method are its relative simplicity and its definition of the inframammary fold. It often obviates the need for inflatable expanders. The prime disadvantage is the scar left on the abdominal donor site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery (Plastic), University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Dakin
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Jobe
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*