DIEP Flap Procedure
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DIEP Flap Procedure
The DIEP flap procedure is performed by a surgical team with extensive training and years of experience. At The Center for Natural Breast Reconstruction, our board-certified surgeons are leading experts in the field of microsurgical breast reconstruction with thousands of successful breast reconstruction surgeries under their belts.























































Surgical History
Implant removal - Bilateral DIEP - Revision of breast reconstruction and abdominal donor site

Surgical History
Preliminary bilateral mastopexy - Bilateral DIEP - bilateral breast revision, revision DIEP donor site Fat grafting to right breast R-: excision of misaligned abdominal skin edges, fat grafting to bilateral breasts Open revision left breast with fat grafting bilateral breasts

Surgical History
Abdominal vessel delay Left unilateral DIEP with Axogen nerve graft, removal of previous latissimus flap, and plication of diastasis rectus - revision of left breast, right mastopexy, : Left nipple reconstruction with fat grafting , right mastopexy, excision misaligned skin edge right lateral donor site

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Bilateral implant removal with abdominal vessel delay : Bilateral DIEP Open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting and open abdominal donor site revision with vest-over-pants fasciocutaneous flap closure

Surgical History
bilateral primary submuscular TE placement (Blanton) Removal of bilateral tissue expanders - Bilateral DIEP with Axogen Nerve Grafts Open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting (R- 20 cc, L- 20 cc) and excision of scar contracture abdominal donor site Bilateral nipple reconstruction in office

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abdominal vessel delay - Bilateral DIEP with axogen nerve grafts - open revision of right breast, fat grafting to bilateral breasts - fat grafting to bilateral breasts

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Bilateral implant removal and bilateral DIEP with bilateral Axogen nerve grafts - Bilateral 5th intercostal perforator flaps and fat grafting to bilateral breasts - right mastopexy and minor revision left breast

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bilateral silicone implant removal with chest muscle repair and abdominal vessel delay with plication of diastasis recti - Bilateral DIEP with axogen nerve grafts 2: Open revision bilateral breasts and open abdominal donor site revision with excision of scar and advancement flap closure : Fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
Bilateral prepectoral implant placement with ADM- Mentor MemoryGel SR HP 600cc : Bilateral implant and ADM removal with abdominal vessel delay : Tertiary Bilateral DIEP-: open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting and open abdominal revision with fasciocutaneous flap closure

Surgical History
Bilateral DIEP with Axogen nerve grafts : Open revision of bilateral breasts and excision of abdominal dog ears : fat grafting to bilateral breasts , and complex abdominal donor site revision with diastasis repair: fat grafting to bilateral breasts : Open revision left breast to remove fat necrosis : fat grafting to bilateral breasts and complex revision right nipple

Surgical History
Bilateral DIEP- flap weights : Open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting and open abdominal revision: fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
Bilateral reduction/mastopexy for nipple preservation: Primary bilateral DIEP with bilateral Axogen nerve grafts : Open revision of bilateral breasts, complex abdominal donor site revision :fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
Bilateral DIEP (left primary, right delayed) : open revision bilateral breasts and open revision abdominal donor site with advancement flap closure : Fat grafting to bilateral breasts : Fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
Left mastopexy, right breast reduction for nipple preservation : Primary bilateral DIEP: open revision bilateral breasts and open revision abdominal donor site with advancement flap closure

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abdominal vessel delay and layered closure of right mastectomy defect : Bilateral DIEP (right delayed, left primary)- with bilateral Axogen nerve grafts : revision of bilateral breast reconstruction and fat grafting : Open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting

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Bilateral DIEP, flap weights : Open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting and excision of right abdominal dog ear : Minor open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting : Open abdominal revision with modified Tulua technique and fat grafting to bilateral breasts

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Abdominal vessel delay : Bilateral DIEP with flap weights : Open revision of bilateral breasts, excision of misaligned abdominal skin edges, fat grafting to bilateral breasts

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Primary right breast DIEP : Open revision/reduction right breast with reduction left natural breast for symmetry

Surgical History
Bilateral oncoplastic mastopexies for nipple preservation : Bilateral DIEP : Open revision bilateral breast and open revision abdominal donor site with advancement flap closure : Fat grafting to bilateral breasts : Fat grafting to bilateral breasts : Excision of breast skin to lift the breasts bilaterally and fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
Removal of bilateral 700cc implants with capsulectomies and abdominal vessel delay : Bilateral DIEP with Axogen nerve grafts: Open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting and open complex abdominal revision with advancement flap closure : fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
abdominal vessel delay : Delayed bilateral DIEP- with Axogen nerve grafts : Bilateral breast reconstruction revision, left lateral trunk misaligned skin edges/scar contracture excision and layered closure , hypertrophic scarring/scar deformity excision, repair of abdominal wall, vest over pants fasciocutaneous flap

Surgical History
Bilateral implant removal, bilateral DIEP : open revision bilateral breasts : fat grafting to bilateral breasts : Bilateral nipple reconstruction with skate flaps and areolar skin grafts

Surgical History
abdominal vessel delay: bilateral DIEP with Axogen nerve grafts : open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting and excision of abdominal scar contracture

Surgical History
Bilateral DIEP-with bilateral Axogen nerve grafts : Open revision bilateral breasts, left IMF revision with upper abdominal fasciocutaneous flaps, and excision of abdominal dog ears : open revision of bilateral breasts with fat grafting ,excision of abdominal dog ears

Surgical History
Primary bilateral DIEP with Axogen nerve grafts : Open revision bilateral breasts and abdominal donor site revision : open revision of bilateral breasts with fat grafting : Open revision left breast, fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
Tertiary right unilateral DIEPwith Axogen nerve graft : Open revision of right breast and excision of abdominal scar contractures : Fat grafting to right breast,: Open revision abdomen with excision of scar and advancement flap closure and mastopexy/reduction left natural breast for symmetry : Fat grafting to right breast

Surgical History
Abdominal vessel delay : Primary bilateral DIEP with Axogen nerve grafts: open abdominal revision with deep closure vest over fasciocutaneous flaps, open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting- : open revision left breast, excision and closure of chronic abdominal wound DIEP donor site, and fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
bilateral mastopexies for nipple preservation : Bilateral DIEP : open revision bilateral breasts with removal of fat necrosis and open abdominal revision with advancement flap closure : fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
Reduction/mastopexy for nipple preservation and abdominal vessel delay : Primary bilateral DIEP- flap weights with bilateral Axogen nerve grafts : Bilateral open breast revision with removal of fat necrosis, abdominal donor site revision with excision of dog ears, Bilateral 5th intercostal perforator flaps, minor revision mastopexy left breast, fat grafting to left breast complex abdominal revision with plication of rectus abdominus muscle

Surgical History
Bilateral implant removal with capsulectomies and abdominal vessel delay : Bilateral DIEP- flap weights : Open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting , excision of lateral abdominal hypertrophic scars and open revision of umbilicus : Fat grafting to bilateral breasts: Open revision of left breast, fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
Bilateral preliminary mastopexy/reduction for nipple preservation : Primary bilateral DIEP- flap weights with bilateral Axogen nerve grafts 10/26/2022: 2/24/2023: open revision bilateral breasts with excision of hypertrophic scar contractures/misaligned skin edges, fat grafting to bilateral breasts : Fat grafting to bilateral breasts : Open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting : open revision left breast with fat grafting

Surgical History
Bilateral implant removal- Mentor MemoryGel SR UHP 750cc with chest muscle repair, and bilateral DIEP : : Open revision bilateral breasts and open abdominal donor site revision : Fat grafting to right breast 4: Fat grafting to right breast ) and excision of hypertrophic scar contracture lateral ends of donor site incision : Bilateral mastopexy

Surgical History
Bilateral DIEP (right delayed, left primary): Open revision bilateral breasts, open abdominal revision with vest-over-pants fasciocutaneous flap closure and plication of diastasis rectus, and fat grafting to breasts: Open Revision Bilateral Breasts with fat grafting , open revision abdominal donor site with transverse plication and vest-over-pants fasciocutaneous flap closure

Surgical History
bilateral implant removal and abdominal vessel delay : bilateral DIEP : Open revision of bilateral breasts with fat grafting excision of hypertrophic scarring and fat necrosis lower abdominal donor site with vest over pants fasciocutaneous flap closure

Surgical History
Bilateral implant removal and abdominal vessel delay with plication of rectus abdominis : Tertiary bilateral DIEP- flap weightsand plication of lower diastasis rectus : Open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting and excision of abdominal scar contractures

Surgical History
Removal of bilateral TE/Alloderm, Bilateral DIEP with Axogen nerve grafts : open revision bilateral breasts, excision of misaligned abdominal skin edges 10/12/2023: : fat grafting to bilateral breasts and abdomen : Fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
bilateral DIEP with Axogen nerve grafts : bilateral breast reconstruction revision, complex revision abdominal donor site

Surgical History
Abdominal vessel delay : Primary bilateral DIEP with bilateral Axogen nerve grafts : open revision bilateral breasts and complex abdominal donor site revision with diastasis repair: open revision left breast and fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
bilateral DIEP : Open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting and excision of hypertrophic scars lateral abdomen: open revision of abdomen with vest over pants fasciocutaneous flap, repair abdominal wall and abdominal wall fascia, open revision of right breast, bilateral fat grafting

Surgical History
Removal of bilateral TEs with capsulectomies : Abdominal vessel delay : Tertiary bilateral DIEP- flap weights with Axogen nerve grafts : Open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting , and open abdominal revision with vest-over-pants fasciocutaneous flap closure : Bilateral intercostal perforator flaps, fat grafting to bilateral breasts 5: Open revision bilateral breasts, fat grating to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
bilateral DIEP with Axogen nerve grafts : open revision bilateral breasts, excision of abdominal misaligned skin edges, excision of central abdominal donor site scar contracture, and fat grafting to bilateral breasts : Fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
Removal of bilateral tissue expanders with capsulectomies - Bilateral DIEP- flap weights : Open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting excision misaligned skin edges right and left lateral trunk with layered closure, and excision of fat necrosis intra-abdominal incision with complex closure : fat grafting to bilateral breasts and minor revision right breast

Surgical History
Primary bilateral DIEP with Axogen nerve grafts: open revision of bilateral breasts, complex abdominal donor site revision : Fat grafting to bilateral breasts with excision of abdominal scar contractures

Surgical History
Primary bilateral DIEP with Axogen nerve grafts : Open revision of bilateral breasts with excision of fat necrosis upper poles and complex abdominal revision : Fat grafting to bilateral breasts 2: Minor revision left breast and Fat grafting to bilateral breasts : Bilateral nipple reconstruction with skate flaps and areolar skin grafts

Surgical History
bilateral breast reduction following left lumpectomy 9/21/2021: Primary bilateral DIEP with Axogen nerve grafts : Open revision bilateral breasts with open complex abdominal revision : fat grafting to bilateral breasts : Open revision right breast with fat grafting bilateral breasts

Surgical History
Primary bilateral DIEP with repair of diastasis rectus : Open revision to bilateral breast, abdominal revision, bilateral fat grafting : Fat grafting bilateral breasts

Surgical History
Bilateral mastopexy/reduction for nipple preservation: Primary bilateral DIEP : open revision bilateral breasts and open revision of abdominal donor site : bilateral 5th intercostal perforator flaps with minor revision bilateral breasts : open revision of bilateral breasts, fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
Bilateral DIEP : revision of bilateral breast reconstruction, excision of scar contracture donor site incision, and fat grafting to bilateral breasts : Open revision left breast with fat grafting to bilateral breasts and excision of fat necrosis from abdominal incision : Open revision right breast with fat grafting to bilateral breasts : right 5th intercostal perforator flap and fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
IMF revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting , and open complex abdominal revision with plication of rectus abdominus : fat grafting to bilateral breasts : Scar revision left breast with fat grafting to bilateral breasts

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Primary bilateral DIEP, flap weights : Open revision of bilateral breasts, excision of midline abdominal scar contracture and misaligned skin edges, fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
Primary bilateral DIEP and SIEA: Open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting and excision of misaligned abdominal skin edges

Surgical History
Right DIEP, Delayed placement of left TE- Mentor Artoura Plus SM 700cc with complete Simpliderm wrap, open revision right breast, and excision of abdominal dog ears : Left tissue expander removal and exchange for permanent implant- Mentor MemoryGel Boost SMHP 740cc : fat grafting to bilateral breasts

Surgical History
Removal of cosmetic implants and abdominal vessel delay 2: Primary bilateral DIEP-: Open revision bilateral breasts with removal of fat necrosis and abdominal donor site revision with excision of hypertrophic scarring: Fat grafting to bilateral breasts : Placement of bilateral implants- Mentor SR MP R-Boost 185cc, L- Xtra 370cc with complete flexHD wrap : Open revision bilateral breasts with implant exchange- Mentor MemoryGel BOOST MPP R-265cc, L-390cc

Surgical History
bilateral mastopexy reduction for nipple preservation, : Primary bilateral DIEP with bilateral Axogen nerve grafts: open revision bilateral breasts, open revision abdominal donor site 1/5/2023: fat grafting to bilateral breasts : Bilateral 5th intercostal perforator flaps, minor revision left breast, and excision of misaligned skin edges abdominal donor site : Open revision bilateral breasts with fat grafting
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