DIEP Flap for Head and Neck Reconstruction: An Underutilized Option!

Background The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap is a workhorse flap for breast reconstruction. Its use for head and neck (HN) reconstruction is rare. Abdomen provides a donor site abundant in skin and subcutaneous tissue, amenable to primary closure; sizeable, robust...

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Main Authors: Dushyant Jaiswal, Firoz Borle, Saumya Mathews, Mayur Mantri, Vineet Kumar, Ameya Bindu, Prabha Yadav, Vinay Kant Shankhdhar
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Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2024-02-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1777076
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author Dushyant Jaiswal
Firoz Borle
Saumya Mathews
Mayur Mantri
Vineet Kumar
Ameya Bindu
Prabha Yadav
Vinay Kant Shankhdhar
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description Background The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap is a workhorse flap for breast reconstruction. Its use for head and neck (HN) reconstruction is rare. Abdomen provides a donor site abundant in skin and subcutaneous tissue, amenable to primary closure; sizeable, robust, and consistent perforators and a long, sizeable pedicle for comfortable microvascular anastomosis. Its offers all the donor variables needed for HN reconstruction in abundance.
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spelling doaj-art-149fc0909f544efeab2b5a3bf182beec2025-08-20T03:17:23ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X2024-02-01570103904610.1055/s-0043-1777076DIEP Flap for Head and Neck Reconstruction: An Underutilized Option!Dushyant Jaiswal0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0457-8988Firoz Borle1Saumya Mathews2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0691-2660Mayur Mantri3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0396-3526Vineet Kumar4Ameya Bindu5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9027-0121Prabha Yadav6Vinay Kant Shankhdhar7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1775-9967Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaSiddharth Gupta Memorial cancer Hospital, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, IndiaPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Maharashtra, IndiaPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Background The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap is a workhorse flap for breast reconstruction. Its use for head and neck (HN) reconstruction is rare. Abdomen provides a donor site abundant in skin and subcutaneous tissue, amenable to primary closure; sizeable, robust, and consistent perforators and a long, sizeable pedicle for comfortable microvascular anastomosis. Its offers all the donor variables needed for HN reconstruction in abundance.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1777076DIEP flapHN reconstructionlarge defectsmusculocutaneous rectus abdominis flaps
spellingShingle Dushyant Jaiswal
Firoz Borle
Saumya Mathews
Mayur Mantri
Vineet Kumar
Ameya Bindu
Prabha Yadav
Vinay Kant Shankhdhar
DIEP Flap for Head and Neck Reconstruction: An Underutilized Option!
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
DIEP flap
HN reconstruction
large defects
musculocutaneous rectus abdominis flaps
title DIEP Flap for Head and Neck Reconstruction: An Underutilized Option!
title_full DIEP Flap for Head and Neck Reconstruction: An Underutilized Option!
title_fullStr DIEP Flap for Head and Neck Reconstruction: An Underutilized Option!
title_full_unstemmed DIEP Flap for Head and Neck Reconstruction: An Underutilized Option!
title_short DIEP Flap for Head and Neck Reconstruction: An Underutilized Option!
title_sort diep flap for head and neck reconstruction an underutilized option
topic DIEP flap
HN reconstruction
large defects
musculocutaneous rectus abdominis flaps
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1777076
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