title: [Immediate breast reconstruction with transverse abdominal myocutaneous flap].
abstract: Mastectomy in 16 consecutive patients with carcinoma of the breast was immediately followed by reconstruction with a transverse abdominal, myocutaneous flap. Surgery was performed simultaneously by a team of general surgeons and a team of plastic surgeons. The final cosmetic result was considered very good by most patients. Complications were only minor and were treated conservatively. We consider breast reconstruction by this method, after mastectomy for breast carcinoma, to be the method of choice.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Plastic Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moscona
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ramon
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Toledano
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Solomonov
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ullman
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Har-Shai
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Peled
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barzilai
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D008408:Mastectomy; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013997:Time Factors