TY - JOUR
T1 - Double Back Cut in Post-mastectomy Breast Skin (Fish-Shaped Skin Paddle) in Delayed Pedicled TRAM Flap Breast Reconstruction
AU - Berezovsky, Alexander Bogdanov
AU - Pagkalos, Vasileios A.
AU - Shoham, Yaron
AU - Krieger, Yuval
AU - Silberstein, Eldad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York and International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
PY - 2015/8/25
Y1 - 2015/8/25
N2 - Abstract: Breast reconstruction has become standard of care for female patients with breast cancer. The transverse rectus abdominis musculo-cutaneous flap (TRAMf) is the most common method of immediate or delayed autologous breast reconstruction following mastectomy. We share our experience with modified, double back cut of post-mastectomy skin in delayed pedicled TRAMf breast reconstruction, resulting in fish-shaped skin paddle. This sort of back cut is a simple, reliable way to obtain a natural, esthetically pleasant breast mound with inconspicuous hidden scars. Level of Evidence V: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266.
AB - Abstract: Breast reconstruction has become standard of care for female patients with breast cancer. The transverse rectus abdominis musculo-cutaneous flap (TRAMf) is the most common method of immediate or delayed autologous breast reconstruction following mastectomy. We share our experience with modified, double back cut of post-mastectomy skin in delayed pedicled TRAMf breast reconstruction, resulting in fish-shaped skin paddle. This sort of back cut is a simple, reliable way to obtain a natural, esthetically pleasant breast mound with inconspicuous hidden scars. Level of Evidence V: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266.
KW - Back cut
KW - Breast reconstruction
KW - TRAM flap
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84937813986&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00266-015-0500-1
DO - 10.1007/s00266-015-0500-1
M3 - Letter
C2 - 25990219
AN - SCOPUS:84937813986
SN - 0364-216X
VL - 39
SP - 640
EP - 643
JO - Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
JF - Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
IS - 4
ER -
