Expanded myocutaneous flaps: their clinical use.
In particularly large defects the best available flap may not provide sufficient tissue for satisfactory correction. Pre-expansion of an overlying musculocutaneous flap allows transposition of a larger flap to reconstruct such defects. The authors present their experience in four patients to illustrate the efficacy of this modality in select patients.
D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications; D003286:Contracture / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps