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The author describes the use of latissimus dorsi skin in a one-stage procedure for reconstruction of the nipple. Three flaps of skin are fashioned based on a central disk design.
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Kon, M. Lastissimus dorsi three-flap nipple reconstruction. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 8, 243–245 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570711
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570711