Immediate breast reconstruction following segmentectomy using a latissimus dorsi 'myoadipose' flap through a single...

Immediate breast reconstruction is an excellent complementary treatment for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ and early-stage invasive breast cancer. Although lattisimus dorsi myocutaneous flap is one of the well accepted and versatile methods of breast reconstruction, there have been very few reports describing a myoadipose flap, especially through the same axillary incision used for nodal clearance. This article describes such a technique which produced excellent results both surgically as well as cosmetically.