Plastic Surgery Key

Key Wordstransverse upper gracilis (TUG) flap, musculocutaneous flap, microsurgical breast reconstruction, small to medium-sized breast volume, microsurgery, free flap, radiation   Introduction The armamentarium available to both the plastic surgeon…

Key Wordsimmediate, implant, breast, reconstruction, single, stage, one-stage, direct, mastectomy   Introduction Implant-based, or alloplastic, breast reconstruction is the most commonly performed method of breast reconstruction. Within implant-based reconstruction, myriad…

Key Wordsimmediate breast reconstruction, breast implants, breast tissue expanders, total submuscular coverage, implant exchange   Introduction The rates of mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction have increased over the past two…

Key WordsBreast autologous reconstruction, SIEA flap, microsurgery   Introduction The superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA) flap relies on its namesake vessels to perfuse the ipsilateral abdomen skin and fat, generally…

Key WordsDIEP flap, microsurgery, breast reconstruction, flaps   Introduction Breast reconstruction using the deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap has become the gold standard for autologous breast reconstruction for most…

Key Wordsbreast reconstruction, free flap breast reconstruction, abdominally based breast reconstruction, free TRAM, MS-TRAM   Introduction Abdominally based reconstructions have been utilized for the last 40 years. In 1979, Holstrom…

Key WordsBreast Reconstruction, Pedicled, TRAM, Autologous, Abdominal   Introduction Pedicled transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) breast reconstruction has been performed in patients for nearly four decades now. Many technical modifications…