The Use of the Transverse Rectus Abdominis Musculocutaneous Flap After Abdominoplasty

摘要: Approximately ten years after abdominoplasty, transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flaps were utilized for breast reconstruction in two patients. Both had considerable excess lower abdominal tissue that they wanted removed. We assumed a new perforating system developed might support the skin even though all original perforators would have been sacrificed at time of abdominoplasty. The patients successful reconstructions performed utilizing bipedicle TRAM with full survival flaps. However, we do not recommend general use