The flap is used to reconstruct one or both breasts using the tissues of the abdomen. An incision is made in the abdomen as if it were a tummy tuck and the muscles of the central part of the abdomen attached to the skin are transferred to the chest region to reconstruct the breast.
The space left in the abdomen by the lack of muscles is covered with a mesh. The excess tissue of the skin closes like the tummy tuck.