## Abstract __Purpose.__ The delay phenomenon has been used for breast reconstruction with pedicled flaps but has not been widely reported with free flaps. Our goals were to (1) describe our operative technique for vascular delay of deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flaps when a lar
Early experience with the deep inferior epigastric perforator flap in breast reconstruction
β Scribed by T. Guzzetti; R. Morris; M. H. C. Webster
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 462 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-0130
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