Omental transposition and skin graft in the management of chest wall recurrence of carcinoma of the breast.

The greater omentum is readily available for the reconstruction of the defect produced after palliative excision of recurrent breast carcinoma. It covers a wide area and readily accepts a skin graft, and it has been observed that there is some local immunity to the reappearance of further recurrence at the site of the graft. The operation can be combined with endocrine ablation.