title: Immediate breast reconstruction following segmentectomy using a latissimus dorsi 'myoadipose' flap through a single axillary incision: a case series.
abstract: Immediate breast reconstruction is an excellent complementary treatment for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ and early-stage invasive breast cancer. Although lattisimus dorsi myocutaneous flap is one of the well accepted and versatile methods of breast reconstruction, there have been very few reports describing a myoadipose flap, especially through the same axillary incision used for nodal clearance. This article describes such a technique which produced excellent results both surgically as well as cosmetically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Trinidad West Indies. vijayoffice09@gmail.com
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Naraynsingh
authors.forename: Seetharaman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hariharan
authors.forename: Dilip
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dan