title: [Mastectomy with immediate reconstruction by transposition of a transverse abdominal skin flap attached to the rectus abdominis muscle].
abstract: The technique of mastectomy with immediate reconstruction, using a skin flap attached to the rectus abdominis muscle, is described. Its drawbacks and advantages are analyzed from a series of 27 cases. The principal complication is necrosis of the flap; it occurred in 6 cases of our series but always remained partial. On the other hand, the flap has the advantage of providing a substantial amount of material, so that prosthesis is unnecessary, and it can be installed immediately after the mastectomy without repositioning the patient.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps
vernacular_title: Mastectomie avec reconstruction immédiate par transposition d'un lambeau cutané abdominal transversal pédiculisé sur le muscle grand droit.