Background: Approximately 20 percent of women select autologous tissue for
postmastectomy breast reconstruction, and most commonly choose the abdomen as the …

Background: Despite the widespread use of free perforator flaps, pedicled perforator flaps
seem not to be as widely accepted, probably because of the fear of vascular complications …

OBJECTIVEThe National Healthcare Safety Network classifies breast operations as clean
procedures with an expected 1%–2% surgical site infection (SSI) incidence. We assessed …

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons commissioned a multistakeholder Work Group to
develop recommendations for autologous breast reconstruction with abdominal flaps. A …

Opinion statement Surgical site infection (SSI) after immediate breast reconstruction is much
more common than would be expected after a clean surgical procedure. Although the SSI …

Background The pedicled transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap (TRAM) remains
an effective and widely-used method for breast reconstruction despite well-documented …

Background: Using an internal mammary artery as the recipient vessel in a free flap
autologous breast reconstruction is common practice, but this vessel is often sacrificed for …

Background: Transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap reconstruction after
mastectomy in breast cancer patients has become one of the milestones in breast …

Background Women undergoing immediate breast reconstruction without radiation therapy
have reconstruction methods available with uncertain long‐term costs associated with …

Background There are several techniques for harvesting the pedicled transverse rectus
abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap after mastectomy in breast cancer patients. We …