The Breast-Pectoralis Flap: A New Advance in Autologous Breast Reconstruction-A Preliminary Report on 20 Cases.

Background: In the past, several publications have described breast reconstruction techniques that utilize the contralateral breast; however, interest diminished because of technical difficulty, scarring, and poor aesthetic results.

Objectives: This study aimed to present a new breast reconstruction technique that uses a combination of the breast-pectoralis flap and the abdominal advancement flap.

Methods: This retrospective study analyzed the results and complications of 20 consecutive breast reconstructions with the breast-pectoralis flap technique.

[Pregnancy-induced post-lipofilling inflammatory mastitis].

The autologous fat injection technique, called lipofilling or lipomodeling, is used in both aesthetic and reconstruction procedures. Lipofilling is rarely accompanied by complications. We report the case of a young female patient who had undergone breast lipofilling before and who developed significant recurrent but self-limiting inflammatory mastitis in the previously injected breast during two successive pregnancies.