Breast reconstruction with an external oblique abdominis muscle turnover flap and a bipedicled abdominal skin flap.
A new technique of breast reconstruction is demonstrated using a turnover flap of the external oblique abdominis muscle together with a sheath of the rectus muscle to enlarge the submuscular pectoralis major pocket for the implant. To overcome a tight skin, a bipedicled abdominal skin flap is transposed for breast reconstruction. In so doing, a natural-looking breast is formed by a simple operative technique with rare complications. The technique has been applied in 11 patients with good results.
D000005:Abdomen; D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013524:Surgical Flaps