The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator or DIEP flap is a microsurgical technique in which blood vessels, skin and fat are taken from the lower abdomen and used to reconstruct the breast(s).

A flap technique is a type of plastic surgery used to repair or reconstruct parts of the body. It involves using a portion of muscle—as well as its fat, skin, and blood supply—to rebuild the ...

The nipple and the darker area around it (areola) are created at a later time. Tissue flap surgery is done by a plastic surgeon. The breast surgeon who does your mastectomy can refer you to a plastic ...

Board-certified plastic surgeon Elisabeth Potter, MD, who specializes in a type of breast reconstruction called DIEP flap surgery, had a patient under anesthesia on the operating table when ...

Instead, Mehrara says he sees his DIEP flap patients about once a year for the first five years after surgery, and then they're set. Farrah Abraham Defends Getting a Lot of 'Preventative' Plastic ...

During flap reconstruction, surgeons will take an abdominal flap ... out of an abundance of caution the FDA has recalled a specific brand of textured implants. The Division of Plastic Surgery at U of ...

Your plastic surgeon will help you decide which procedures are best for ... you have implant-based reconstruction or tissue-based reconstruction using a latissimus flap. Most people do not need ...