title: Capsular flap for coverage of an exposed implant after skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction.
abstract: Native skin-flap necrosis following skin-sparing mastectomy (SSM) is treated by raising a capsular flap, formed as a consecutive physiological reaction around breast implant. Using this highly vascularised thin tissue layer as an implant coverage withdraws pressure from the defect and allocates a good background for wound healing.
authors.affiliation: Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brandstetter
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schoeller
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pülzl
authors.forename: Heinrich
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schubert
authors.forename: Gottfried
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wechselberger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018427:Breast Implants; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000601:surgery; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013997:Time Factors