Fig. 4. (A) Preoperative photographs of 39-year-old patient with left breast cancer. (B) Intraoperative view after harvest of 6.5 × 13-cm muscle-sparing latissimus dorsi flap. Latissimus dorsi muscle was cut longitudinally along muscle fiber medial to descending branch of thoracodorsal artery. Size of harvested muscle strip is 5 cm in width. Flap weight is 146 g. (C) Image of flap in-setting to lateral partial defect in left breast. (D) Postoperative photographs at 14 months. (E) Donor scar within horizontal bra strap region.
