Breast reconstruction with the transverse abdominal island flap using the banked nipple-areola complex in the lower abdomen.
This article reports a case in which the author employed a technique using the previously banked nipple-areola complex in the lower abdomen in breast reconstruction with the lower abdominal transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap.
D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D009558:Nipples / Q000637:transplantation*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013997:Time Factors