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Recycling spare tissues: splitting a bipedicled TRAM flap for reconstruction of the contralateral breast
M Rietjens1, F De Lorenzi, P Veronesi
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, European Institute of Oncology (EIO), Milan, Italy. mario.rietjens@ieo.it
British Journal of Plastic Surgery
|September 13, 2003
Abstract:
A new method of bipedicled transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap splitting to reconstruct the contralateral breast 1 year after the first breast reconstruction is presented. This technique can be useful in cases of large salvage mastectomy for asynchronous breast cancers allowing a bilateral thoracic closure.