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TRAM flap

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TRAM flap [træm]
n acronym for
(Medicine / Surgery) transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap: a piece of tissue, consisting of skin, muscle, and fat, taken from the abdomen of a woman and used in the reconstruction of her breast after mastectomy


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Transverse Rectus Abdominal Musculocutaneous (TRAM) Flap TRAM Flap is one of the most common breast reconstruction surgery options performed.
Nevertheless, for some women bilateral autologous LD or TRAM flaps are an excellent choice and result in breast reconstructions that are living tissue throughout, and are warm, soft in consistency and highly realistic.
The deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap is a form of TRAM flap requiring microsurgery.
 
 
 
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