Background: Late solidified hematoma is a rare complication of breast reconstruction with latissimus dorsi (LD)\nflap. The majority of hematomas occur in the immediate postoperative period; however, some cases can occur at a\ndistant point in time after surgery and do not have a definitive mechanism of injury or develop symptoms\nimmediately after the triggering event. Moreover, treatment of hematoma has not yet been established.\nCase presentation: Breast reconstruction with LD flap has been performed between January 2014 and June 2018\nin more than 275 cases. We report 3 cases of late solidified hematoma at the back-donor site that have developed\nyears after breast reconstruction with LD flap, in which a surgical approach was performed because the solidified\nhematomas could not be treated with percutaneous aspiration.\nConclusions: We report successful surgical treatment and histological findings of late-onset solidified hematoma as\na rare complication of Breast reconstruction with LD flap.
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