Assessing the prophylactic use of superficial inferior epigastric vessels (SIEV) for the super-drainage of deep inferior epigastric perforator flaps (DIEPs), correlated to patient demographic, anatomical and operative risk factors

• Published in: Clinical Surgical Oncology Vol. 4; no. 2; p. 100082
• Main Author: Iyer, Rhea M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2025; Elsevier

The purpose of this research is to demonstrate the benefit of SIEV inclusion and to identify the factors that deem a patient a suitable for SIEV grafting in a large patient cohort. By doing so we aim to facilitate more efficient preoperative planning and decrease the return to theatre (RTT) rates re...