A comparison study of deep muscle sparing transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap for breast reconstruction

Microsurgery
Hideki TokumotoNobuyuki Mitsukawa

Abstract

Breast reconstruction by deep inferior epigastric perforator flap (DIEP) involves only little rectus abdominis muscle sacrifice. However, the operative procedure may get complicated. We propose here a novel method involving two adjacent perforators and requiring the addition of only the superficial muscle to the flap. This novel technique, termed "deep muscle sparing transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap (DMS-TRAM)," was compared to DIEP and MS-TRAM groups. The subjects were 70 patients. The indication of DMS-TRAM was the distance between two perforators penetrating the deep fascia was <3 cm, and the two perforators ran through the superficial layer of the muscle until they became confluent. All patients were evaluated by contrasting computed tomography. The data of age, body mass index, flap volume, operative time, blood loss, laterality, immediate reconstruction, prior radiation, smoking, re-exploration, total flap necrosis, partial fat necrosis, and abdominal bulging were compared. Ultimately, DMS-TRAM was applied in 20 subjects (28.6%), DIEP in 31 (44.3%), and MS-TRAM in 19 (27.1%). The volume of blood loss in the DIEP group was significantly higher than that in the DMS-TRAM group (328 ± 182 vs 454 ± 217 mL, p =...Continue Reading

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