Capsular flap for coverage of an exposed implant after skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.11.054.
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Abstract
Native skin-flap necrosis following skin-sparing mastectomy (SSM) is treated by raising a capsular flap, formed as a consecutive physiological reaction around breast implant. Using this highly vascularised thin tissue layer as an implant coverage withdraws pressure from the defect and allocates a good background for wound healing.
Medical subject headings
- Breast Implants
- Mammaplasty
- Mastectomy
- Skin Transplantation
- Surgical Flaps