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Breast Reconstruction Using the Muscle Sparing Lattisimus Dorsi Flap with Alloplastic Devices

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The subscapular artery system is the reconstructive warehouse of the back. The thoracodorsal artery, a branch of the subscapular artery, provides pedicled flaps with a wide range of applications, including breast reconstruction [1], upper extremity and trunk reconstruction [2], and physiologic lymphedema operations. With microvascular anastomosis, it can provide a myocutaneous free flap [4] or a chimeric flap for bony and cutaneous defects [5]

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Dr. Song receives royalties from Elsevier for Plastic Surgery 3e/4e and Biomet Microfixation for Sternalock. The other authors have no other disclosures.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    Kenneth L. Fan, Hatcher G. Cox, James Economides & David H. Song

  2. School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

    Cara K. Black

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Fan, K.L., Cox, H.G., Black, C.K., Economides, J., Song, D.H. (2020). Breast Reconstruction Using the Muscle Sparing Lattisimus Dorsi Flap with Alloplastic Devices. In: Mayer, H. (eds) Breast Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34603-4_15

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