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Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap in Breast Reconstruction

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The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap was first described by Koshima and Soeda in 1989, able to provide the volume of fat and overlying skin taken in the TRAM flap without the sacrifice of any rectus abdominis muscle. Its low donor site morbidity, combined with its reliability, has popularised the DIEP flap as the most common option for autologous breast reconstruction.

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Rozen, W.M., Acosta, R., Loi, D. (2020). Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap in Breast Reconstruction. In: Mayer, H. (eds) Breast Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34603-4_17

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