title: Free tissue breast reconstruction in older patients.
abstract: We present the case of a 72-year-old woman who underwent mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction using a free transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap, to illustrate that age is not necessarily a barrier to microvascular reconstructive techniques for breast reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, West Sussex, United Kingdom. slajeffery@rcsed.ac.uk
authors.forename: Steven L A
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Jeffery
authors.forename: Roger W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013524:Surgical Flaps