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1Department of Plastic Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA. DrNahabedian@aol.com
Annals of Plastic Surgery
|April 26, 2012
Abstract:
Current recipient vessels for microvascular breast reconstruction include the internal mammary and the thoracodorsal systems. This review will focus on the advantages of the internal mammary artery and vein and reasons for their preference.

