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RECTUS ABDOMINIS MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP FOR BREAST RECONSTRUCTION
Author(s) -
ROBBINS THOMAS H.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1979.tb05869.x
Subject(s) - medicine , breast reconstruction , mastectomy , rectus abdominis muscle , surgery , stage (stratigraphy) , breast cancer , cancer , paleontology , biology
A method of breast reconstruction for the post‐mastectomy patient, using a rectus abdominis myocutaneous island flap as a one‐stage procedure, is presented. It is considered that this method produces improved results.