This image shows the DIEP flap connected to the chest blood vessels (internal thoracic artery and vein).
Use of the retrograde limb of the internal mammary vein to avoid venous congestion in DIEP flap breast reconstruction: Further evidences of a reliable and time‐sparing procedure - La Padula - 2016
Total 'rib'-preservation technique of internal mammary vessel
Creating a context for recipient vessel selection in deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction - ScienceDirect
Microsurgical Flaps in Nipple Sparing Mastectomy: Surgical Techniques and Aesthetic Principles - SciTeMed Publishing Group
Detecting flap compromise: an updated review of techniques to monitor microsurgical flaps post-operatively in breast
Autologous Reconstruction, SurgeryGuide - Canadian Breast Cancer
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Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap: Abdominal Flap
A New Pedicled Internal Mammary Osteomyocutaneous Chimeric Flap (PIMOC) for Salvage Head and Neck Reconstruction: Anatomic Study and Clinical Application
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