Time to re-group and save: Do we routinely need to perform group-and-save in patients undergoing free deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction?

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2018 May;71(5):780-781. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2018.01.014. Epub 2018 Feb 3.

Authors

Stephen R Ali¹, Rachel Chetwynd-Stapylton², Will J M Holmes², Liam Vermaak², Sherif M Wilson²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK. Electronic address: Stephen.Ali@nbt.nhs.uk.
² Department of Plastic Surgery, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.

PMID: 29402667
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2018.01.014

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Epigastric Arteries / transplantation*
Erythrocyte Transfusion / standards*
Female
Graft Survival
Humans
Mammaplasty / methods*
Perforator Flap / blood supply*
Retrospective Studies