Anterior chest-wall reconstruction with the extended TRAM double-pedicle free flap: case report.
A case of massive, anterior, chest-wall reconstruction is described, utilizing an extended TRAM flap design which was microsurgically transferred on both deep inferior epigastric pedicles, in order to perfuse the flap maximally. The flap is capable of reconstructing the largest chest-wall wounds and should be added to the armamentarium of those reconstructive surgeons involved in the care of these patients.
Rand
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Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA.
Grant
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Moe
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D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*