Within the last 20 years, robotic-assisted surgeries have been implemented as routine
procedures in many surgical fields, except in plastic surgery. Although several case series …

Background and Objective Breast reconstruction with microsurgical techniques allows for
autologous reconstruction after mastectomy without the complications associated with …

Introduction Reducing donor site morbidity after deep inferior epigastric artery perforator
(DIEP) flap harvest relies mainly upon maintaining integrity of the anterior rectus sheath …

Background Traditional deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap harvest splits
the anterior sheath, weakening the abdominal wall and predisposing patients to bulge or …

Background: Preoperative CTA is widely used and extensively studied for planning of DIEP
flap breast reconstruction. However, its utility in planning robotic DIEP harvest is …

To minimize donor-site damage, robot-assisted (RA) deep inferior epigastric perforator
(DIEP) flap harvest has been suggested. Current robotic approaches favor port placement …

Background This is a paucity of data regarding plastic surgeons' opinions on robotic-
assisted surgery (RAS). We developed a questionnaire aimed to survey plastic surgeons …

More than 40 years have passed since the description of the first “free abdominoplasty flap”
for breast reconstruction by Holmström. In the meantime, surgical advances and …

Background: Despite several technical modifications to further reduce donor invasiveness in
harvesting deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flaps, techniques with general …

The deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap is the workhorse in microvascular breast
reconstruction. Rectus muscle sacrifice or denervation and inappropriate rectus sheath …