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WHAT IS BODY TISSUE RECONSTRUCTION WITH ABDOMINAL TISSUE?

The rectus abdominis muscle is in your abdomen and runs from your breastbone to your pubic bone. For a TRAM flap reconstruction, the surgeon takes part of this muscle, with its skin, fat, and blood vessels. They move it to your chest wall to make a new breast.
This type of reconstruction will give you a flatter tummy and the reconstruction will lose or gain weight as you do. But this operation may not be possible if you are very slim and don’t have enough tummy tissue. Also, it may not be the right reconstruction for you if you already have surgical scars on your tummy.
Having this surgery can increase the risk of hernias in the future (weakening of the abdominal wall). A hernia can be repaired with a fairly simple operation if this happens to you.