title: Immediate breast reconstruction with deepithelialized TRAM flaps: techniques for improving breast reconstruction.
abstract: In selected patients with lower quadrant breast masses, large breasts, and sufficient abdominal tissue, standard techniques for breast reconstruction can be modified to improve overall results. The transverse abdominal island flap can be deepithelialized and mobilized to reconstruct unilateral or bilateral defects. Furthermore, skin markings prior to mastectomy that conform to a modified Wise pattern will allow for more aesthetic positioning of eventual scars. We present a case report of a patient who underwent immediate breast reconstruction with bilateral deepithelialized lower rectus abdominis myodermal flaps.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Toth
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Glafkides
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000601:surgery; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D015413:Mastectomy, Simple; D008875:Middle Aged; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*