Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap Revisited as a Workhorse for Reconstruction for Defects in the Upper Arm: A Case Report.

Many previous reviews of the literature have described the grafts and techniques for management of defects in the upper arm. However, the alternatives are limited in cases where some conventional flaps are not available and the nearby donor vessels have been previously sacrificed for free flaps. A 77-year-old man presented with a tumor in the right upper arm just above the axilla.

Salvage mastectomy for local recurrence and second ipsilateral autologous breast reconstruction using a perforator flap from a different donor site.

Only one case of second ipsilateral autologous reconstruction for the same breast that had previously undergone reconstruction has been reported. Here we present a patient who underwent breast reconstruction twice using free flap from different donor sites, using a buttock after a local recurrence following the previous reconstruction with a lower abdomen.