An Updated Classification: Important Branching and Perforator Patterns in Robotic-assisted Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flaps

Background:. Robotic-assisted deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap surgery requires specific vascular anatomy for optimal flap harvest. Deep inferior epigastric artery (DIEA) branching patterns were described as follows: single trunk (type 1), bifurcation (type 2), trifurcation (ty...

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Main Authors: Suphalerk Lohasammakul, MD, Mandy Flor, MD, Kongkrit Chaiyasate, MD, FACS, Jesse C. Selber, MD, MPH, MHCM, FACS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2025-08-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000006993
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