title: Secondary shaping of the TRAM flap.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Baptist Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Maxwell
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Andochick
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*