As part of her breast cancer treatment N.H. had to remove her left breast, but then she wanted to reconstruct the removed area. However, due to the treatment and radiotherapy it was not possible to have a breast implant. The only way to reconstruct the area was a DIEP flap.
“A DIEP flap is regarded as the gold standard in breast reconstruction,” explains Dr Demetrius Evriviades, Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at Mediclinic Parkview Hospital. “It involves giving the patient a tummy tuck but by preserving the excess tissue and its supplying blood vessels and then transplanting it to the chest, it can be used to create a new breast. A microscope is used to rejoin blood vessels between the chest wall and the transplant to keep it alive.”
N.H. underwent the DIEP flap surgery at Mediclinic Parkview Hospital.
“The surgery was quite delicate and complex but went smoothly and as planned,” adds Dr Evriviades who led the surgery. “The advantage of this method of bre
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