A New Modification of C-V Flap Technique in Nipple Reconstruction: Rolled Triangular Dermal-Fat Flaps.

ABSTRACT

In this study, a simple modification of the C-V flap technique designed to maintain the neo-nipple projection performed as the last stage of breast reconstruction is described. The technique was used in seventeen patients who were treated with breast reconstruction using the transverse rectus abdominis flap. Except for one patient with a 2.3 mm decrease in nipple projection, the projection of all neo-nipples was preserved at the end of the mean follow-up period of 19.4 months. According to the results of our study, modifying the C-V flap technique by adding rolled triangular dermal-fat flaps improves the long-term maintenance of neo-nipple projection.