Feasibility and early cosmetic outcome of modified lateral intercostal artery perforator flap after breast conservative surgery.

"Declarations Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Ethics approval and consent to participateAn informed consent document was obtained from all patients who agreed to participate in the study after thorough explanation of the procedure. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee and the Institutional Review Board of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine (IRB No. 00012098 – FWA No. 00018699) and the Medical Research Institute under serial number 0305610. Consent for publicationWhile our study does not include any identifiable information and/or images, however, informed consent for publication in open access journal was obtained from all study participants regarding images taken for body parts before, during, or after surgery. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding The authors did not receive any form of funding to declare for this study. Open access funding provided by The Science, Technology & Innovation Funding Authority (STDF) in cooperation with The Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB)."