title: Immediate reconstruction using a modified inframammary adipofascial flap after partial mastectomy.
abstract: Breast conservative therapy (BCT) as treatment for early breast cancer usually ensures local control and acceptable cosmetic results. We describe a new technique of using an inframammary adipofascial flap to reconstruct defects caused by lower-pole partial mastectomy, which achieved excellent results (Kijima et al. in Am J Surg 193:789-91 (1); Sakai et al. in Ann Plast Surg 29(2):173-7, 2; Ogawa Am J Surg 193:514-8, 3). We developed this procedure as an oncoplastic technique for a Japanese woman with a similar defect without ptosis. After partial mastectomy, the superior half of the flap is harvested via an initial incision along the inframammary line, and the inferior half is harvested via an additional incision along the caudal edge of the flap, to produce a crescent of de-epithelialized skin. A tongue-shaped flap containing the crescent of de-epithelialized skin, subcutaneous fat, and the fascia of the vertical rectus abdominis muscle is then rotated upwards, gathered, and inserted into the breast defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 8-35-1, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan. ykijima@m3.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kijima
authors.forename: Heiji
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshinaka
authors.forename: Munetsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Tadao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizoguchi
authors.forename: Sumiya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishigami
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arima
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakajo
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Natsugoe
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D008875:Middle Aged; D013524:Surgical Flaps