Not All Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flaps Are Created Equal: A Review of Donor-site Morbidity in Abdominally Based Autologous Breast Reconstruction.

Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open · 2025 · PMC11813048 · PMID 39935462

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However, muscle-sparing free TRAM flaps with medial row perforators showed a trend toward higher bulge rates compared with DIEP flaps ( P = 0.0806). 40 Hembd et al 41 reported that medial row perforators in DIEP flaps had the lowest bulge rates ( P = 0.05), whereas lateral row perforators minimized fat necrosis.

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Their analysis showed a higher hernia probability in pedicled TRAM versus DIEP (3.50% versus 0.74%) that approached significance but similar bulge rates between the 2 surgical techniques (4.62% versus 3.50%).

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