Restorative surgery:
Is sometimes used as a follow-up to curative or other surgeries to change or restore a person’s appearance or the function of a body part.
- 1895 - 1st attempt at true breast reconstruction by Czerny, who transplanted a large lipoma from pt’s flank to mastectomy site
- 1906 - Tansini used “latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap”
- 1963 - silicon breast implant introduced
transverse rectus abdominal myocutaneous (TRAM) flaps
Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap (DIEP)
Reconstruction & Rehabilitation
Tram Free Flap Reconstruction
