Contralateral internal mammary artery perforator flap for large inner chest wall defect repair and immediate breast reconstruction after excision of large malignant inner breast tumors
Jingjing Sun,
Xiaodong Wu,
Jing Yang
et al.
Abstract:ObjectivesLarge breast tumor resection can cause chest wall defects that are difficult to close. A combination of oncoplastic techniques is required to repair chest wall defects and immediately reconstruct the breast. In this report, we present the use of the contralateral internal mammary artery perforator (IMAP) flap to repair large chest wall defects and perform breast reconstruction for a series of patients.MethodsBetween July 2013 and June 2020, 10 patients and 4 patients underwent chest wall defect repai… Show more
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