TY - JOUR
T1 - Treatment of extensive sternum keloid scar with surgical removal and immediate reconstruction with skin flaps from a combined mammaplasty
AU - De Almeida, Otávio Machado
AU - Braz, Jorge Caio
AU - Jorgetti, Camilo
AU - De Lemos, Ricardo Gomes
AU - Neves, Rogério Izar
PY - 2000/6
Y1 - 2000/6
N2 - We report the case of a 47-year-old woman with a large keloid scar on the sternum who was submitted to a simultaneous scar removal with bilateral breast-reduction mammaplasty. Breast reduction was performed to reduce local skin tension and to provide a skin flap for the full reconstruction of the scar-removal site. The association of these surgical procedures stands as a viable alternative for the reconstruction of the sternum region, producing less keloid scarring.
AB - We report the case of a 47-year-old woman with a large keloid scar on the sternum who was submitted to a simultaneous scar removal with bilateral breast-reduction mammaplasty. Breast reduction was performed to reduce local skin tension and to provide a skin flap for the full reconstruction of the scar-removal site. The association of these surgical procedures stands as a viable alternative for the reconstruction of the sternum region, producing less keloid scarring.
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U2 - 10.1097/00006534-200006000-00023
DO - 10.1097/00006534-200006000-00023
M3 - Article
C2 - 10845301
AN - SCOPUS:0034115235
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 105
SP - 2452
EP - 2454
JO - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 7
ER -