title: Staged use of soft-tissue expansion and lower thoracic advancement flap in breast reconstruction.
abstract: A single patient is presented in whom breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer has been achieved by sequential use of soft-tissue expansion followed by permanent silicone implant placement and thoracic flap advancement to define the inframammary fold. This procedure may play a useful role in patients in whom other, more complex methods of breast reconstruction are not selected or indicated and in particular in patients in whom bilateral silicone implants are utilized.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D012086:Reoperation; D013524:Surgical Flaps