• 1Dongwan Peoples Hospital, Guangzhou, 511700.2 Plastic Surgery Hospital, Beijing;
Reconstruction of breast; Rectus femoris myoctuaneous flap; Free graft; Transfer of pedicled graft.
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Rectus femoris muscle of the lower abdomen was used as myocutaneous flap in the reconstruction of the breast in 4 patients, of which, in 2 cases the reconstruction was carried out immediately following the radical mastectomy for breast cancer by using trancfer of the pedicled myocutaneous flap, and in the other two cases, the vascularized free myocutaneous flap was used 2 months and 5 years after the radical mastectomy, respectively. The vascularized free myocutaneous flaps were survived, however, in the pedicled myocutaneous flap group, the fat of the flaps had liquefaction 23 weeks after operation. The latter were healed after repeated dressings. The external appearance of the 4 reconstructed breasts lookedsattisfactory. The patients wete follwed up for 10 to 18 months, 2 patients had
no ill effects, while the 2 pedicled myocutaneous flaps, in which 1 patient hadbulging of the weakened abdominal wall, and the other had lost from follow up.

Citation： Liu Yusheng,Li Senkai,Xu Jun,et al.. RECTUS FEMORIS MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF BREAST. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 1995, 9(1): 26-28. doi: Copy