Computed tomography angiography (CTA) assisted preoperative planning and volume calculation of deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap for breast reconstruction

DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction Complication Rate in Previously Irradiated Internal Mammary Nodes

“…All patients had preoperative computed tomography angiography for preoperative evaluation of the abdominal perforators and for planning the harvest of the flap. 26 The usability of the recipient internal mammary vessels was assessed intraoperatively by direct inspection and by a handheld Doppler. All patients had the inferior epigastric artery and vein anastomosed hand-sewn end-to-end to the internal mammary vessels.…”