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Preoperative frontal (a) and lateral (b) views of the torso. The relative size of the left breast is smaller than that of the right side, with asymmetric nipple-areola complex position.
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F1
A 45-year-old female patient with left-sided lobular carcinoma in situ (Fig 1) underwent bilateral mastectomies with immediate free transverse upper gracilis (TUG) flap breast reconstructions (Fig 2).
Three-month postoperative frontal (a) and lateral (b) views after bilateral mastectomies and immediate reconstruction with transverse upper gracilis flaps.
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F2
A 45-year-old female patient with left-sided lobular carcinoma in situ (Fig 1) underwent bilateral mastectomies with immediate free transverse upper gracilis (TUG) flap breast reconstructions (Fig 2).
Thirteen-month postoperative frontal (a) and lateral (b) views after breast revision including bilateral breast augmentation with implants and division of transverse upper gracilis flap pedicles bilaterally.
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F3
No complications occurred, and the flaps remained soft and viable without fat necrosis (Fig 3).