A reliable and aesthetic technique for cephalic vein harvest in DIEP flap surgery

• Published in: Journal of reconstructive microsurgery Vol. 25; no. 5; p. 319
• Main Authors: Audolfsson, Thorir, Rozen, Warren M, Wagstaff, Marcus J D, Whitaker, Iain S, Acosta, Rafael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2009
• Subjects: Epigastric Arteries - surgery; Female; Humans; Mammaplasty; Surgical Flaps - blood supply; Tissue and Organ Harvesting - methods

The need for a secondary source of venous drainage in deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flaps is common, with the cephalic vein commonly utilized as an alternative venous recipient vessel. In using the cephalic vein, previous studies have described the deltopectoral groove or the infraclavi...