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Improving the donor site cosmesis of the latissimus dorsi flap
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
Annals of Plastic Surgery
|December 30, 1998
Abstract:
A modification in the design of the pedicled latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap is described that aims to minimize the cosmetic morbidity of its donor site. The implications of this variation are discussed with particular reference to use of the flap in postmastectomy reconstruction.