Background: The advent of propeller flaps has permitted new and less invasive coverage solutions for thoracic defects compared to conventional flaps. Through a retrospective analysis of our cases, we would like to show the advantages of the internal mammary artery perforator (IMAP) flap for anterior chest wall reconstruction.
Methods: We included patients who underwent anterior chest wall reconstruction with an IMAP propeller flap in the Toulouse University Hospital's plastic surgery department from January 2019 to December 2022.
Background: Day surgery is developing and its popularity is increasing for a variety of reasons: economic constraints, changes in professional practices, a greater adhesion of the patient. In an era of progress in surgical procedures, pedicled-perforator flaps reducing donor site morbidity and avoiding micro-anastomosis could take their place in Day surgery if planned and managed by an experienced team.
Methods: In the period January 2019 to January 2021, we performed perforator flaps for soft tissue coverage in ambulatory setting.
Introduction: Autologous fat transfer (AFT) is widely used to improve results of breast reconstructive surgery, but its safety is controversial. Our objective was to evaluate the oncologic safety of AFT in a homogeneous population of patients who underwent a total mastectomy with immediate reconstruction for breast cancer.
Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study by identifying all patients who underwent immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer from 2007 to 2015 in our center.