Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Where will the abdominal scar be after DIEP flap breast reconstruction? DIEP flap breast reconstruction uses the patient’s lower abdominal skin and fat (no muscle) to reconstruct a natural, warm, soft breast after a mastectomy.The lower abdominal tissue is removed as a football shaped incision between the belly button and the upper pubic
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Intraoperative photograph of an MS-3 bilateral DIEP flap. DIEP, deep
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Free flap harvest from the infraumbilical region for head and neck reconstruction purposes: a retrospective cohort study. - Article (Preprint v1) by Giordana Bettini et al.
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Free DIEP Flap with Ilioinguinal Lymphoid Tissue for Breast Reconstruction and Treatment of Upper Limb Lymphedema
Donor site preoperatively and postoperatively after a unilateral lumbar
Lateral view demonstrating a moderate pannus due to subcutaneous fat.
Preoperative markings are made in the standing position. (A) The
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