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Nine patients, including 4 with primary advanced breast cancer (stage IV) and 5 with local recurrent cancer, underwent chest wall reconstruction using an omental flap and mesh skin grafting. In 2 of these patients the defect of bony chest wall was reconstructed with an acryl-resin plate and omental flap. The postoperative course in all patients was uneventful, except for a slight necrosis on the transposed mesh skin. Flail chest or dypsnea did not occur in those with a bony chest wall reconstruction. The immediate postoperative performans status in 6 of 9 patients and also quality of life improved.
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Nakao, K., Miyata, M., Ito, T. et al. Omental transposition and skin graft in patients for advanced or recurrent breast cancer. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 16, 112–117 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02471080
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