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Surgical Configurations Of The Pectoralis Major Flap For Reconstruction Of Sternoclavicular Defects: A Systematic Review And New Classification Of Described Techniques, Jude Opoku-Agyeman, David Matera, Jamee Simone

Plastic Surgery Resident Research

The pectoralis major flap has been considered the workhorse flap for chest and sternoclavicular defect reconstruction. There have been many configurations of the pectoralis major flap reported in the literature for use in reconstruction sternoclavicular defects either involving bone, soft tissue elements, or both. This study reviews the different configurations of the pectoralis major flap for sternoclavicular defect reconstruction and provides the first ever classification for these techniques. We also provide an algorithm for the selection of these flap variants for sternoclavicular defect reconstruction.

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EMBASE, Cochrane library, Ovid medicine and PubMed databases were searched from its inception to August …