Background Breast reconstruction after mastectomy for cancer requires accurate evaluation
to inform evidence-based participatory decision making, but the standards of outcome …

Background: Breast reconstruction continues to evolve. The deep inferior epigastric
perforator (DIEP) flap is a well-described means of providing natural tissue reconstruction …

Background: Intraoperative angiography is a useful tool for predicting both tissue perfusion
during postmastectomy breast reconstruction and mastectomy flap and free flap survival …

Background: Fat necrosis is a common and potentially exasperating complication of
autologous breast reconstruction. The authors performed a systematic review of the English …

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons commissioned a multistakeholder Work Group to
develop recommendations for autologous breast reconstruction with abdominal flaps. A …

Background: There is an ongoing debate about the reliability of various lower abdominal
flaps for breast reconstruction. The authors evaluate in vivo perfusion of these flaps to …

Background There is still no consensus regarding the ideal zoning in abdominal-based
autologous breast reconstruction using free DIEP or ms-TRAM flaps. In particular, the …

Fat necrosis within a deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap reconstructed breast is
considered a minor complication from reconstructive point of view, but one that can induce …

Although free flap has largely replaced pedicled transverse rectus abdominis
musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap, the latter has also evolved by increased understanding of …

Although experimental evidence suggests that the preliminary surgical delay procedure
physiologically improves the circulation of the TRAM flap, there are no published controlled …