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Dixon JM, Venizelos B, Chan P. Latissimus dorsi mini-flap: a technique for extending breast conservation. Breast. 2002;11(1):58-65doi: 10.1054/brst.2001.0312.
Dixon, J. M., Venizelos, B., & Chan, P. (2002). Latissimus dorsi mini-flap: a technique for extending breast conservation. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland), 11(1), 58-65. https://doi.org/10.1054/brst.2001.0312
Dixon, J M, et al. "Latissimus dorsi mini-flap: a technique for extending breast conservation." Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) vol. 11,1 (2002): 58-65. doi: https://doi.org/10.1054/brst.2001.0312
Dixon JM, Venizelos B, Chan P. Latissimus dorsi mini-flap: a technique for extending breast conservation. Breast. 2002 Feb;11(1):58-65. doi: 10.1054/brst.2001.0312. PMID: 14965647.
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Breast. 2002 Feb;11(1):58-65. doi: 10.1054/brst.2001.0312.

Latissimus dorsi mini-flap: a technique for extending breast conservation.

Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland)

J M Dixon, B Venizelos, P Chan

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  1. Edinburgh Breast Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK. [email protected]

PMID: 14965647 DOI: 10.1054/brst.2001.0312

Abstract

The latissimus dorsi (LD) flap was first used in patients for breast reconstruction in 1896. More recently it has been used to fill defects after quadrantectomy or very wide excision. We have developed a two stage procedure for excision of large breast cancers which would otherwise require mastectomy. The first stage is a wide excision of the cancer without removal of the overlying skin. Thirty patients with large localized operable breast cancer underwent wide local excision followed 5 to 10 days later in 25 patients who had clear histological margins by an axillary dissection with transfer of the LD muscle and overlying fat into the defect in the breast (mini-flap). The cosmetic outcome of these 25 patients who underwent mini-flap were compared with age matched patients having a standard wide local excision and axillary node clearance or mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction. The volume of tissue excised in patients having their defects filled by LD mini-flap was significantly greater than those women undergoing standard wide excision, p<0.001. Compared with patients who had a mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction, patients who had mini-flaps reported a better treated breast shape, p=0.04, a greater resemblance to the opposite breast, less self consciousness and less change in attitude of their spouse, p=0.03 and they were more likely to choose the same operation in future compared with patients having immediate whole breast reconstruction, p=0.02. Results as rated by patients in the mini-flap group were similar to those women treated by standard wide local excision. Only one patient in the mini-flap group felt sexually inhibited. When wide local excision and LD mini-flap is performed as a two stage procedure, it is an oncologically safe technique and extends breast conservation to women with larger tumours. The cosmetic outcomes appear better than those following the alternative of mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction.

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