The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator or DIEP flap is a microsurgical technique in which blood vessels, skin and fat are taken from the lower abdomen and used to reconstruct the breast(s).

This requires careful surgery by a surgeon who does microsurgery. Here are some of the different types of tissue flap surgery, named for the area of the body where the tissue is taken. DIEP (deep ...

Recent studies have explored the effectiveness of thermal imaging techniques in various stages of breast reconstruction, particularly with the deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP ...

Comparative studies between autologous and device-based reconstruction methods have shown that autologous techniques, such as the deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap, lead to superior ...

A DIEP flap surgery reconstruction is a type of abdominal wall flap procedure. The DIEP — or deep inferior epigastric perforator — flap is named for the blood vessel that runs through the ...