Recycling spare tissues: splitting a bipedicled TRAM flap for reconstruction of the contralateral breast.
A new method of bipedicled transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap splitting to reconstruct the contralateral breast 1 year after the first breast reconstruction is presented. This technique can be useful in cases of large salvage mastectomy for asynchronous breast cancers allowing a bilateral thoracic closure.
Rietjens
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, European Institute of Oncology (EIO), Milan, Italy. mario.rietjens@ieo.it
De Lorenzi
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Veronesi
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Youssef
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Petit
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D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D015410:Mastectomy, Extended Radical; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013524:Surgical Flaps