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2. Free flap breast reconstruction - Wikipedia

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   Free-flap breast reconstruction is a type of autologous-tissue breast reconstruction applied after mastectomy for breast cancer, without the emplacement of a breast implant prosthesis. As a type of plastic surgery, the free-flap procedure for breast reconstruction employs tissues, harvested from another part of the woman's body, to create a ...

3. Breast reconstruction - Wikipedia

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   Breast reconstruction is the surgical process of rebuilding the shape and look of a breast, most commonly in women who have had surgery to treat breast cancer. It involves using autologous tissue, prosthetic implants, or a combination of both with the goal of reconstructing a natural-looking breast.

4. List of plastic surgery flaps - Wikipedia

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   Free flap: Free flap breast reconstruction: Superior gluteal artery perforator (SGAP) flap: Cutaneous: Free flap: Free flap breast reconstruction: Transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap [5] Musculocutaneous: Free flap: Free flap breast reconstruction: Transverse upper gracillis (TUG) flap: Musculocutaneous: Free flap: Free flap ...

5. Free flap - Wikipedia

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   Breast reconstruction: Aesthetic (cosmetic) reconstruction: Most commonly, creating a breast after a mastectomy. This may happen at the time of mastectomy or at a later date. Free flaps are usually only done if a TRAM flap is not possible. Plastic surgeons usually perform these surgeries. Patients with Bell's palsy can have their face re ...

6. Flap (surgery) - Wikipedia

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   The pedicle can be removed after a new blood supply has formed. Examples: pectoralis major myocutaneous flap and deltopectoral flap for head and neck defects, and latissimus dorsi flap and traverse rectus abdominal muscle (TRAM) flap for breast reconstruction. [4] Distant flaps are used when the donor site is far from the defect.

7. G. Patrick Maxwell - Wikipedia

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   He has contributed a number of articles to the anatomic descriptions, clinical applications, and aesthetic refinements of the transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) [10] and latissimus flap procedures [11] for breast reconstruction, and is an authority on silicone breast implants and ultrasonic liposuction technologies. [12]

8. Could This Overlooked Organ Hold The Key To Living Longer?

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   The treatment was growing in popularity through the 1990s until a 2002 study suggested it elevated all kinds of health risks, including breast cancer. This jump-started a two-decade-long aversion ...

9. Perforator flaps - Wikipedia

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   The perforator propeller flap is the propeller flap which is used most commonly. It is a perforator flap with a skin island, which is separated in a larger and smaller paddle by the nourishing perforator. These paddles can rotate around the perforator (pedicle), for as many degrees as the anatomical situation requires (90-180 degrees).