Optimizing Outcomes in Free Flap Breast Reconstruction in the Community Hospital Setting: A Stepwise Approach to DIEP/SIEA Flap Procedures with Banking a Hemiabdominal Flap

J Reconstr Microsurg. 2017 Sep;33(7):474-482. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1602588. Epub 2017 Apr 20.

Authors

Alberto Okada¹, Diego Daniel Pereira¹, Eduardo Montag¹, Marcelo Portocarrero¹, Carlos Felício¹, Eduardo Gustavo Arruda¹, Alexandre Fonseca¹, Rolf Gemperli², Alexandre Mendonça Munhoz^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Plastic Surgery, Cancer Institute of São Paulo, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Division of Plastic Surgery, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Division of Plastic Surgery, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Division of Breast Reconstruction, Cancer Institute of São Paulo, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 28427105
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1602588

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MeSH terms

Adult
Epigastric Arteries / transplantation
Female
Free Tissue Flaps / blood supply*
Graft Survival / physiology*
Hospitals, Community
Humans
Mammaplasty / methods*
Mammaplasty / rehabilitation
Mastectomy*
Middle Aged
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
Patient Selection
Postoperative Complications / physiopathology
Postoperative Complications / surgery*
Rectus Abdominis / blood supply*
Rectus Abdominis / transplantation
Retrospective Studies