%0 Journal Article
%T The evolving breast reconstruction: from latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap to a propeller thoracodorsal fasciocutaneous flap
%A Gudjon Leifur Gunnarsson
%A J£¿rn Bo Thomsen
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2014
%X The publication of the Latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap without muscle by Angrigiani et al. in 1995 (1) was in fact the first thoracodorsal artery perforator flap (TAP/TDAP-flap) and represented a new way of thinking in autologous flap design based on the angiosome concept previously presented by Taylor and Palmer in 1987 (2). The TAP or TDAP-flap concept within breast surgery has since been developed further by Hamdi et al. for both oncoplastic breast surgery as well as for breast reconstruction (3,4) and a muscle sparing variation of the technique in combination with an implant was subsequently published by Brackley et al. (5)
%U http://gs.amegroups.com/article/view/4207/5120