Following a modified radical mastectomy,a patient tells the nurse the physician has recommended a flap procedure for breast reconstruction,but she did not understand how this is done.The nurse explains that the most common procedure,a transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap,involves which of the following?
A) Relocating muscle tissue from the back to form a breast
B) Removing a portion of an abdominal muscle and using it as breast tissue
C) Pulling part of the rectus abdominis muscle up to the breast area through a tunnel in the chest
D) Relocating the arteries from the rectus abdominis muscle to the breast area to promote growth of implanted muscle tissue
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