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Free Flap Breast Reconstruction

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The most recent incremental development in the progression of autologous breast reconstruction is microvascular free tissue transfer. As such, it is considered by many the gold standard approach to postmastectomy reconstruction.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Peter W. Henderson & Colleen McCarthy

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  1. Our Lady of Grace Hospital, Positivo University, Curitiba, Brazil

    Cicero Urban

  2. Plastic and Reconstructive Division, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

    Mario Rietjens

  3. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

    Mahmoud El-Tamer

  4. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

    Virgilio S. Sacchini

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Henderson, P.W., McCarthy, C. (2019). Free Flap Breast Reconstruction. In: Urban, C., Rietjens, M., El-Tamer, M., Sacchini, V.S. (eds) Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62927-8_44

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