PA Anatomy: Chest: Case 1

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CNspine
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backmuscles
no vessels
trapezius
latissiumus dorsi
serratus anterior
rectus abdominus
external oblique
infraspinatus/teres m

Which type of reconstruction did this patient have? There is no evidence of an implant in our patient (unlike the comparison case), so our patient had a flap reconstruction. The diagram on this page shows some of the muscles that make up the body wall. If you mouse over each muscle in the list, you can see what the blood vessels are that supply it. Which muscles could be safely cut from their connections to move into the mastectomy bed to perform a flap reconstruction?

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