Breast reconstruction using your own tissues - Latissimus dorsi flap

Your plastic surgeon has proposed to reconstruct one or both of your breasts using the "latissimus dorsi" flap technique. This fact sheet describes the steps of the surgery and how to prepare for it.

Treatments and surgical operations , Cancer, Oncology, Breast cancer

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Breast reconstruction using your own tissues - Latissimus dorsi flap

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