Treatment of extensive sternum keloid scar with surgical removal and immediate reconstruction with skin flaps from a combined mammaplasty.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report the case of a 47-year-old woman with a large keloid scar on the sternum who was submitted to a simultaneous scar removal with bilateral breast-reduction mammaplasty. Breast reduction was performed to reduce local skin tension and to provide a skin flap for the full reconstruction of the scar-removal site. The association of these surgical procedures stands as a viable alternative for the reconstruction of the sternum region, producing less keloid scarring.
Medical subject headings
- Breast
- Keloid
- Mammaplasty
- Sternum
- Surgical Flaps