What Are The Advantages And Disadvantages Of DIEP/SIEA Flap Reconstruction?
• Since the reconstruction involves using the patient’s own tissues, the risks of implant reconstruction are avoided. • Most patients have less postoperative pain than after a TRAM flap and are therefore able to leave the hospital sooner, and return to normal activities quicker than after a TRAM flap. • Because the abdominal muscle is not removed, patients have less risk of developing hernias at the site where the flap is removed than patients who have had a TRAM flap. It is typically easier to match the contralateral natural breast with the patient’s own tissue when compared with implant reconstruction. • Patients essentially end up with a “tummy tuck” at the same time as the breast reconstruction.
Related Questions
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