Split pedicle for bilateral free deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction: Use of contralateral recipient vessels with radiotherapy damage

Microsurgery. 2017 Oct;37(7):837-838. doi: 10.1002/micr.30213. Epub 2017 Aug 2.

Authors

Animesh J K Patel¹, Sergio Razzano², Elaine M Sassoon², Andrea Figus^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom.
² Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7UY, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Medical Education, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom.

PMID: 28767181
DOI: 10.1002/micr.30213

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Anastomosis, Surgical
Breast Neoplasms / therapy*
Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant / adverse effects
Epigastric Arteries / surgery*
Female
Free Tissue Flaps / blood supply*
Free Tissue Flaps / transplantation
Humans
Mammaplasty / methods*
Mammary Arteries / radiation effects*
Mastectomy
Perforator Flap / blood supply*
Perforator Flap / transplantation
Veins / surgery*