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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author Ronaldo Scholze Webster, MD, PhD
Barbara D’Avila Goldoni, MD
Rafael Netto, MD
Thiago Bozzi de Araujo, BS
Pedro Bins Ely, MD, PhD
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Barbara D’Avila Goldoni, MD
Rafael Netto, MD
Thiago Bozzi de Araujo, BS
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description 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.
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spelling doaj.art-b6f54f0e18384a26abc2c8b02c935ae32022-12-21T22:57:05ZengWolters KluwerPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open2169-75742014-11-01211e24710.1097/GOX.000000000000021301720096-201411000-00008Tissue Expander Capsule for Abdominal Wall in Autologous Breast ReconstructionRonaldo Scholze Webster, MD, PhD0Barbara D’Avila Goldoni, MD1Rafael Netto, MD2Thiago Bozzi de Araujo, BS3Pedro Bins Ely, MD, PhD4From the Plastic, Reconstructive and Microsurgery Service of the University of Health Sciences and Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.From the Plastic, Reconstructive and Microsurgery Service of the University of Health Sciences and Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.From the Plastic, Reconstructive and Microsurgery Service of the University of Health Sciences and Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.From the Plastic, Reconstructive and Microsurgery Service of the University of Health Sciences and Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.From the Plastic, Reconstructive and Microsurgery Service of the University of Health Sciences and Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.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.http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2014/11000/Article.8.aspx
spellingShingle Ronaldo Scholze Webster, MD, PhD
Barbara D’Avila Goldoni, MD
Rafael Netto, MD
Thiago Bozzi de Araujo, BS
Pedro Bins Ely, MD, PhD
Tissue Expander Capsule for Abdominal Wall in Autologous Breast Reconstruction
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
title Tissue Expander Capsule for Abdominal Wall in Autologous Breast Reconstruction
title_full Tissue Expander Capsule for Abdominal Wall in Autologous Breast Reconstruction
title_fullStr Tissue Expander Capsule for Abdominal Wall in Autologous Breast Reconstruction
title_full_unstemmed Tissue Expander Capsule for Abdominal Wall in Autologous Breast Reconstruction
title_short Tissue Expander Capsule for Abdominal Wall in Autologous Breast Reconstruction
title_sort tissue expander capsule for abdominal wall in autologous breast reconstruction
url http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2014/11000/Article.8.aspx
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