Umbilical Complications following DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction: Demonstrating the Added Benefit of Preoperative Imaging

• Published in: Plastic and reconstructive surgery (1963) Vol. 151; no. 3; p. 477e
• Main Authors: Huang, Hao, Jung, Wooram F, Otterburn, David M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Abdominal Wall - surgery; Epigastric Arteries - surgery; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Angiography; Mammaplasty - methods; Perforator Flap - pathology; Retrospective Studies; Umbilicus - surgery

Despite the umbilicus being an essential aesthetic unit, current literature on umbilical outcomes following abdominally based breast reconstruction is limited. In this study, the authors aim to elucidate the incidence and predictors of umbilical complications following deep inferior epigastric perfo...