Free-style technique versus computed tomographic angiography-guided perforator selection in deep inferior epigastric perforator flap harvest: A prospective clinical study.

Fabio Santanelli Di PompeoGuido PaoliniGennaro D'OrsiMatteo AtzeniCarlo CatalanoGiuseppe CannavaleFrancesco Cilia Guido FirmaniMichail Sorotos

Published in: Microsurgery (2023)

The free-style technique proved to be a useful tool for guiding DIEP flap harvest with good sensibility in detecting the dominant perforator suggested by CTA without statistically increasing surgery duration and complications.

Keyphrases

breast reconstruction
minimally invasive
optical coherence tomography
computed tomography
risk factors
clinical trial
acute coronary syndrome