Table 3 Surgical reconstruction of CRUCWs
From: Classification of chronic radiation-induced ulcers in the chest wall after surgery in breast cancers
Reconstruction | CRUCWs(n = 64) | Complications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mild (n = 11) | Moderate(n = 45) | Severe(n = 8) | ||
Conservation | 9 | — | — | one recurred, cured by LDM flap |
Axial-pattern/local flaps | ||||
TRAM | 2 | 23 | 1 | two distal partial flap necrosis, then cured by skin grafting |
LRAM | — | 8 | — | — |
LDM | — | 6 | — | two small area of focal necrosis, then cured by skin grafting |
CLB | — | 3 | — | — |
LTR | — | 5 | — | — |
Filleted flap | — | — | 7 | one wound infection, delayed healing after secondary staged debridement |