TRAM Flap

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TRAM flap,

an autogenous myocutaneous flap that uses transverse rectus abdominal muscle (TRAM) to carry lower abdominal skin and fat to the breast for reconstruction. See also myocutaneous flap.

TRAM Flap

Transverse Rectus Abdominus Myocutaneous Flap. A tissue flap procedure that uses muscle, fat and skin from the abdomen to create a new breast mound after a mastectomy, either as a free—detached—or as a pedicle—attached to its blood supply and tunneled—tissue flap

TRAM flap

Transverse rectus abdominus musculocutaneous flap General surgery A rotated piece of tissue used as an alternative to a prosthesis in post-radical mastectomy reconstructive breast surgery; the operating time and the recovery period is longer, but the cosmetic result is often better

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