Myocutaneous flap reconstruction after radiation therapy for breast cancer.

Autor:	Andaloro, Alicia M.
Předmět:	PROSTHETICS SURGICAL flaps PLASTIC surgery ARTIFICIAL implants SURGICAL complications LATISSIMUS dorsi (Muscles) MASTECTOMY SALVAGE therapy BREAST tumors
Zdroj:	JAAPA: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins); Oct2023, Vol. 36 Issue 10, p22-24, 3p
Abstrakt:	Breast cancer poses a significant physical change to the patient's body, and treatment can last months to years. This article describes the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap, a surgical alternative when first-line reconstructive surgical options have failed because of concurrent treatments, specifically, radiation therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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