Flap reconstruction is a surgical procedure plastic surgeons sometimes uses to close wounds of various sizes. During flap reconstruction, your plastic surgeon will take healthy, live tissue from one ...

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).

Patients who choose breast reconstruction after a mastectomy face several important decisions. Patients can choose breast implant surgery or autologous flap reconstruction—also known as tissue-based ...