Biomaterial Database

Breast reconstruction using latissimus dorsi island flap without an endoprosthesis. 1992

E Towpik, and W Rozycki-Gerlach

Department of Surgery, Institute of Oncology-Cancer Center, Warsaw, Poland.

Breast reconstruction using a modified latissimus dorsi island flap is presented. The whole muscle is raised on its vascular pedicle, folded beneath the skin island and sutured in layers, thus substituting the volume of an endoprosthesis. The method may give satisfactory results in carefully selected cases (mostly in women with a small contralateral breast). It can also be applied in reconstruction after subcutaneous mastectomy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008408	Mastectomy	Surgical procedure to remove one or both breasts.	Mammectomy,Mammectomies,Mastectomies
D005260	Female		Females
D005348	Fibrocystic Breast Disease	A common and benign breast disease characterized by varying degree of fibrocystic changes in the breast tissue. There are three major patterns of morphological changes, including FIBROSIS, formation of CYSTS, and proliferation of glandular tissue (adenosis). The fibrocystic breast has a dense irregular, lumpy, bumpy consistency.	Breast Dysplasia,Fibrocystic Mastopathy,Mammary Dysplasia,Adenosis of Breast,Chronic Cystic Mastitis,Cystic Breast Disease,Cystic Disease of Breast,Fibrocystic Changes of Breast,Fibrocystic Disease of Breast,Microglandular Adenosis,Adenoses, Microglandular,Adenosis, Microglandular,Breast Adenosis,Breast Cystic Disease,Breast Cystic Diseases,Breast Disease, Cystic,Breast Disease, Fibrocystic,Breast Fibrocystic Change,Breast Fibrocystic Changes,Breast Fibrocystic Disease,Cystic Mastitis, Chronic,Disease, Cystic Breast,Disease, Fibrocystic Breast,Dysplasia, Breast,Dysplasia, Mammary,Mastopathy, Fibrocystic,Microglandular Adenoses
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013524	Surgical Flaps	Tongues of skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes including muscle, cut away from the underlying parts but often still attached at one end. They retain their own microvasculature which is also transferred to the new site. They are often used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region.	Island Flap,Island Flaps,Flap, Surgical,Flaps, Surgical,Pedicled Flap,Surgical Flap,Flap, Island,Flap, Pedicled,Flaps, Island,Flaps, Pedicled,Pedicled Flaps
D016462	Mammaplasty	Surgical reconstruction of the breast including both augmentation and reduction.	Breast Reconstruction,Mammoplasty,Breast Reconstructions,Mammaplasties,Mammoplasties,Reconstruction, Breast,Reconstructions, Breast

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