title: Chest wall reconstruction with a lateral thoracic artery perforator propeller flap for a radiation ulcer on the anterior chest.
abstract: A lateral thoracic artery perforator propeller flap is advantageous because it does not require microvascular anastomosis, only rarely involves donor-site morbidity and provides sufficient blood flow. Moreover, by rotating the flap, remote tissues with less radiation-induced damage can be used at the site of the defect. In this article, we report the use of a lateral thoracic artery perforator propeller flap to treat a radiation ulcer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kosin University, College of Medicine, 34 Amnam-dong, Seo-gu, Busan 602-702, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Do Yup
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyo Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yea Sik
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Jin Hyung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D061525:Perforator Flap; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000009:adverse effects; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013895:Thoracic Arteries; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000601:surgery*