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Table 1 Opoku Classification for pectoralis flap configuration for SCJ defect reconstruction

From: Surgical configurations of the pectoralis major flap for reconstruction of sternoclavicular defects: a systematic review and new classification of described techniques

Classification

Description

Blood supply to flap

Example of flap

Type 1

Whole muscle advancement

  
 

With or without release of humeral attachment

TAA

Munoz et al. Opoku et al.

Type 2

Split muscle flap

  

A

Advancement

TAA

Zehr et al.

B

rotated

Internal mammary perforators

Song et al.

Type 3

Islandized clavicular head flap

  

A

Based on TAA

Whole TAA, distal TAA sacrificed

Schulman et al.

B

Based on deltoid branch of TAA

Deltoid branch of TAA

Mufarrej et al.