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2. Surgeon shares story of insurance provider calling during ...

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   "I just performed two bilateral DIEP flap surgeries and two bilateral tissue expander surgeries," she said in the now-viral video. (In DIEP flap surgery reconstruction, skin, fat and blood vessels ...

3. DIEP flap - Wikipedia

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   DIEP flap breast reconstruction is typically performed by the Plastic Surgery team (rather than the Breast Surgery team) so is only available in centres with Plastic Surgery support. It is a more complicated operation than other autologous or alloplastic options, but provides significantly better cosmetic results, which means better ...

4. Breast reconstruction - Wikipedia

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   Flap-based reconstruction uses tissue from other parts of the patient's body (i.e., autologous tissue) such as the back, buttocks, thigh or abdomen. [16] In surgery, a "flap" is any type of tissue that is lifted from a donor site and moved to a recipient site using its own blood supply. Usually, the blood supply is a named vessel.

5. Free flap breast reconstruction - Wikipedia

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   The clinical disadvantages of free-flap breast reconstruction surgery are: (i) the technical complexity of the plastic surgery procedure, (ii) prolonged surgical operation times, (iii) additional, secondary scarring at the flap-tissue donor site, (iv) possible medical complications at the flap-tissue donor-site, and (v) possible necrosis of the ...

6. List of plastic surgery flaps - Wikipedia

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   Becker flap: Fasciocutaneous: Interpolation: Hand reconstruction Deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap [3] Cutaneous: Free flap: Free flap breast reconstruction: Dufourmental flap: Cutaneous: Rotation/Transposition: Estlander flap: Cutaneous: Transposition: Labial commissure of mouth defects Fibular flap: Osteocutaneous: Free flap ...

7. Lillie Shockney - Wikipedia

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   [10] [14] Approximately ten years after her diagnosis, Shockney had DIEP flap reconstruction surgery. [15] The experience of being a breast cancer patient led Shockney to work with breast cancer patients and to develop programs to improve their care and quality of life. [4]

8. Flap (surgery) - Wikipedia

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   Flap surgery is a technique in plastic and reconstructive surgery where tissue with an intact blood supply is lifted from a donor site and moved to a recipient site. Flaps are distinct from grafts , which do not have an intact blood supply and relies on the growth of new blood vessels.

9. Perforator flaps - Wikipedia

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   Perforator flap surgery is a technique used in reconstructive surgery where skin and/or subcutaneous fat are removed from a distant or adjacent part of the body to reconstruct the excised part. [1] The vessels that supply blood to the flap are isolated perforator(s) derived from a deep vascular system through the underlying muscle or ...