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From Innovation to Underutilization: Why Chest Wall Perforator Flaps Have Not Achieved Widespread Adoption—Insights from a High-Volume Single-Center Experience

2026-07-06

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<h4>Background: </h4> /Objectives: Chest wall perforator flaps (CWPF) have emerged as versatile muscle-sparing volume replacement techniques in oncoplastic breast surgery (OBS), facilitating breast conservation in selected patients with favorable tumor-to-breast ratio. However, their adoption into routine practice remains limited. The aim of this study was to explore the factors contributing to the underutilizatio...

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Literature Corpus work: b97228ce-069a-5870-b4c6-7423471b4e9e
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202607.0379.v1

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