Secondary shaping of the TRAM flap.
Excellent results from TRAM flap reconstruction depend on proper patient selection and proper surgical planning and execution. It is difficult to achieve perfection and completion of the reconstruction in a single operative procedure. The second stage gives the surgeon an excellent opportunity to not only perform the nipple-areola reconstruction but also to enhance the quality of the initial procedure and give the patient the best possible result as well.
Maxwell
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Institute for Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Baptist Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee.
Andochick
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*