The Pyramidal Flap: an Innovative Technique for DIEP Flap Refinement

Summary:. DIEP flap is considered the gold standard technique for breast reconstruction. One of the most frequent contour deformities after breast reconstruction with DIEP flap is a step-off deformity at the interface between the native chest wall and the reconstructed breast. Different techniques h...

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Main Authors: M. Elena Leache, MD, Jose Ángel Lozano, MD, PhD, Carlos G. Rubi, MD, Alberto Pérez-Espadero, MD, Francisco Jose Escudero, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2018-11-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001968