title: Free omental flap for partial breast reconstruction after breast-conserving surgery.
abstract: Recent advances in endoscopic surgery have allowed laparoscopic harvesting of the omental flap with reduced donor-site morbidity and deformity. Between August of 2004 and May of 2010, the authors performed immediate breast reconstruction with the free omental flap in 10 breast cancer patients, employing it either as a pedicle flap or as a free flap for volume replacement. Only one complication occurred during the follow-up. Cosmetic results were mostly satisfactory. The free omental flap is a safe procedure with minimal donor-site morbidity and deformity and can be an additional option for immediate partial breast reconstruction after breast-conserving surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Therapeutic, IV.
authors.affiliation: Okinawa and Tochigi, Japan From the Department of Breast Surgery, Nakagami Hospital, and the Department of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University.
authors.forename: Hisamitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zaha
authors.forename: Mai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onomura
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Umekawa
authors.forename: Masanao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oki
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D058752:Free Tissue Flaps; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000637:transplantation