Breast reconstruction with flap surgery

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Latissimus dorsi flap

Illustration showing a pedicle latissimus dorsi flap procedure

In this flap procedure, the surgeon takes tissue from the latissimus dorsi muscle in your back, tunnels it underneath your skin to its new location and uses it to form a new breast mound.
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