The thoracodorsal artery and vein as recipient vessels for microsurgical breast reconstruction.
Recipient vessels for microsurgical breast reconstructions include the internal mammary and thoracodorsal systems. This review will focus on the advantages of the thoracodorsal artery and vein.
St Andrews Centre for Plastic Surgery, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom.
Miles
M
Banwell
Dean
D
Trotter
Venkat
V
Ramakrishnan
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D001940:Breast / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D058752:Free Tissue Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery