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European Journal of Plastic Surgery
Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery 6/2014

01-06-2014 | Case Report

Successive uneventful pregnancies immediately following bilateral TRAM flap harvest

Authors: Yasushi Mochizuki, Akiyoshi Kajikawa, Motoi Kato, Kazuki Ueda

Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery | Issue 6/2014

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Abstract

We here report a 37-year-old woman who had two successful pregnancies following a bilateral harvest of transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap. The abdominal wall was firmly repaired by component separation as well as external oblique fascial patch grafts. Although she had a scar from a cesarean section and the recovery interval between the harvest and the first postreconstructive pregnancy was less than 2 months, each pregnancy and delivery was uneventful. With the popularization and improvement in TRAM breast reconstruction, there may be an increase in the number of pregnancies without physician’s approval. Our case revealed that a large bilateral anterior sheath defect can be firmly repaired to endure immediate pregnancy without using any synthetic material.
Level of Evidence: Level V, risk/prognostic study.
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Metadata
Title
Successive uneventful pregnancies immediately following bilateral TRAM flap harvest
Authors
Yasushi Mochizuki
Akiyoshi Kajikawa
Motoi Kato
Kazuki Ueda
Publication date
01-06-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Journal of Plastic Surgery / Issue 6/2014
Print ISSN: 0930-343X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-0130
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-014-0959-z

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