Tissue Expander Capsule for Abdominal Wall in Autologous Breast Reconstruction

Summary: 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...

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Main Authors: Ronaldo Scholze Webster, MD, PhD, Barbara D’Avila Goldoni, MD, Rafael Netto, MD, Thiago Bozzi de Araujo, BS, Pedro Bins Ely, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2014-11-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2014/11000/Article.8.aspx
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Summary:Summary: 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.
ISSN:2169-7574