title: Tissue expander capsule for abdominal wall in autologous breast reconstruction.
abstract: Adjuvant treatment planning can change after breast cancer resection and definitive pathological examination. Radiation therapy is often chosen as a supplementary treatment. Rectus abdominis-based muscle flaps are one of the main choices when breast reconstruction plans must be changed from implant-based to autologous methods. We herein report a case in which the patient's own tissue expander capsule was used to repair an abdominal wall defect after muscle-sparing transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Plastic, Reconstructive and Microsurgery Service of the University of Health Sciences and Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ronaldo Scholze
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.affiliation: Plastic, Reconstructive and Microsurgery Service of the University of Health Sciences and Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Barbara D'Avila
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Goldoni
authors.affiliation: Plastic, Reconstructive and Microsurgery Service of the University of Health Sciences and Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Netto
authors.affiliation: Plastic, Reconstructive and Microsurgery Service of the University of Health Sciences and Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Thiago Bozzi
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: de Araujo
authors.affiliation: Plastic, Reconstructive and Microsurgery Service of the University of Health Sciences and Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pedro Bins
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Ely