Tram Flap Procedure

The immediate island TRAM flap procedure
is a reconstruction method using your own body tissue. The skin, tissue and rectus muscle is taken from the abdomen and tunneled into the breast area to create the breast mound.

The tissue that is relocated is referred to as a flap. It is this tissue that is used to create the breast mound. This method gives a nice aesthetic result when combined with a skin-sparing mastectomy.

The primary advantage of the TRAM flap procedure is a natural looking and natural feeling breast created from your own tissue. Although TRAM surgery is more extensive, it prevents you from future surgeries associated with breast implant maintenance.

What makes a skin-sparing mastectomy different from other mastectomies?
With the skin-sparing mastectomy, only the nipple-areola skin along with breast tissue is removed, saving the breast’s skin as a form. This, along with the use of malleable living tissue, allows me to give you a truly natural look and feel. In this case, the tram tissue from the abdomen replaces the nipple-areola skin and breast tissue after surgery.

Together, you and I will determine whether or not this would be a good procedure for you given your individual situation.