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Reduction mammaplasty combined with pectoralis major muscle flaps for median sternotomy wound closure

par De Fontaine, Serge ;Devos, Stéphane;Goldschmidt, Denis
Référence British journal of plastic surgery, 49, 4, page (220-222)
Publication Publié, 1996

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Sternal wound infection can be a problem in patients who undergo corollary artery bypass graft surgery and is usually treated with local flaps. Severe macromastia can cause a large wound dehiscence by inferolateral tension on the skin sutures. Chest wall reconstruction can be achieved by combining muscle flap coverage with reduction mammaplasty. Two musculoglandulocutaneous flaps can be designed, using two superiorly based pectoralis muscle flaps vascularising the medial portion of the glandular breast tissue. The flaps are advanced medially to the sternectomy site and the breast reduction is then completed by adjusting the lateral breast pillar to the medial breast pillar. A case in which this technique was successfully used is reported.