Decision making in double-pedicled DIEP and SIEA abdominal free flap breast reconstructions: An algorithmic approach and comprehensive classification.
Introduction: The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) free flap is the gold standard for autologous breast reconstruction. However, using a single vascular pedicle may not yield sufficient tissue in patients with midline scars or insufficient lower abdominal pannus. Double-pedicled fre...
Main Authors: | Charles M Malata, Nicholas Grant Rabey |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-10-01
|
Series: | Frontiers in Surgery |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fsurg.2015.00049/full |
Similar Items
-
Orienting the superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA) pedicle in a stacked SIEA-deep inferior epigastric perforator free flap configuration for unilateral tertiary breast reconstruction
by: Ya-han Yu, et al.
Published: (2020-09-01) -
Bilateral Simultaneous Breast Reconstruction with DIEP- and TMG Flaps: Head to Head Comparison, Risk and Complication Analysis
by: Laurenz Weitgasser, et al.
Published: (2020-06-01) -
Influence of radiation therapy on the development of complications in single-stage autologous breast reconstruction with a DIEP-flap in breast cancer patients: a retrospective study
by: Ilona S. Duadze, et al.
Published: (2023-05-01) -
Dual-pedicled conjoined abdominal flap for breast reconstruction in a patient with previous radiation therapy
by: Jun Hyeok Kim, et al.
Published: (2021-01-01) -
Colgajos de perforantes de las arterias epigástricas inferiores profunda y superficial Deep and superficial inferior epigastric artery perforator flaps
by: A. R. Gagnon, et al.
Published: (2006-12-01)