The Split Breast Flap: Revisited – a Medieval Or An Ideal Solution in the Selected Case?

Abstract

In assessing a patient requiring palliative reconstruction of the anterior chest wall, a host of techniques engulf the reconstructive surgeon, who has to evaluate the local situation, the tissue lost, the tissue required and the tissue available. The patient's general condition is usually a major influence on this decision. The split breast flap is an often forgotten, simple means of palliative reconstruction.