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Abstract
The use of a deltopectoral flap, de-epithelialised and turned over into the defect in the reconstruction of the chest wall damaged by radiation necrosis is described. The advantages of the technique are discussed.
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© 1980 The Trustees of British Association of Plastic Surgeons. All rights reserved. Published by Elsevier Inc.
