title: Internal mammary artery perforator-based V-Y advancement flap for the reconstruction of soft tissue defects in the sternal region.
abstract: We successfully reconstructed a large defect that had been created by resection of an unstable, contracted, and hypertrophic scar with a chronic ulcer on the lower sternal area of a 67-year-old man. We used bilateral V-Y advancement flaps based on internal mammary artery perforators.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School , Gwangju , Korea.
authors.forename: Kwang Seog
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eui Sik
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Ha
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Sam Yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017439:Cicatrix, Hypertrophic / Q000601:surgery*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D061525:Perforator Flap / Q000098:blood supply*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D013249:Sternum