Single Bilateral Undivided TRAM Flap for a Bilateral Breasts Reconstruction Including Intermammary Presternal Skin Defect Coverage

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
Junaid AhmadMoazzam Nazeer Tarar

Abstract

We present a case report of 30-year female presenting with a large skin and soft tissue defect of anterior chest wall, after bilateral mastectomy. Unlike other patients, she also had sternum defect after resection of skin of sternum. She had a 34x17 cm defect of anterior chest when she presented to us. We covered the defect and reconstructed bilateral breasts all with a single paddle bilateral delayed Transverse Rectus Abdominus Myocutaneous (TRAM) flap. Our flap paddle measured 42x21 cm and we observed no tip necrosis.

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