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.

Dorsal Lipomodeling to Treat Donor Site After Latissimus Dorsi Flap: Safety and Effectiveness.

Background: The latissimus dorsi flap (LDF) is a classic and efficient technique for breast reconstruction. However, its use has recently diminished in surgical practice due to dorsal disadvantages and to the increased use of microsurgical techniques for breast reconstruction, such as the deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of managing dorsal problems such as asymmetry, irregularities, and dysesthesia by lipomodeling the back region during the associated surgery for breast reconstruction.

Outcomes of DIEP flap reconstruction after pelvic cancer surgery: A retrospective multicenter case series.

Background: Flap reconstruction is often required after pelvic tumor resection to reduce wound complications. The use of perforator flaps has been shown to reduce donor site morbidity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of pedicled deep inferior epigastric perforator (pDIEP) flap reconstruction.

[Socio-aesthetics and reappropriation of the self].

The confrontation with the diagnosis of cancer and its treatment leads to an experience of fragmentation. Working in a multidisciplinary manner enables the patient to be accompanied in the phase of reappropriating a body schema modified by surgery. In this context, socio-aesthetics offers the patient the possibility of regaining harmony between body and mind, with a view to improving the quality of life during and after treatment.

[Socio-aesthetics at the crossroads of disciplines].

The role of the socio-aesthetician in the acceptance of treatments as soon as the cancer treatment protocol is announced is essential. By listening and accompanying the patient, as well as by the treatments offered, the socio-aesthetician enables the patient to consider an intervention with less anxiety, to project himself into his new body and his scars, to find himself. Multi-professional point of view on the experience of a patient operated on for nose cancer.

Short-Scar Latissimus Dorsi With a Lateral Approach: A Game Changer in Breast Reconstruction?

Background: In delayed breast reconstruction, the thoraco-mammary cutaneous tissue often shows residual damage from radiotherapy. The fragility of this tissue is associated with a risk of skin necroses of approximately 8% when dissection is performed by reopening of the mastectomy scar.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to adapt the technique of short-scar latissimus dorsi flap surgery with an abdominal advancement flap employing a lateral approach only avoiding re-incision of the mastectomy scar.