DIEP flap breast reconstruction preserving a lumbar peritoneal shunt tube. Issue 1 (1st January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ueki, Kentarou; Yoshikawa, Katsuhiro; Enoshiri, Tatsuki; Tanji, Masahiro; Takeuchi, Megumi; Suzuki, Shigehiko
• Is Part Of: Case reports in plastic surgery and hand surgery. Volume 4:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 17
• Page End: 20
• Publication Date: 2017-01-01
• Subjects: Breast reconstruction -- DIEP flap -- abdominal flap -- contraindication -- medical device
• DOI: 10.1080/23320885.2017.1296362
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2332-0885

Abstract

Abstract: We herein report a case of immediate deep inferior epigastric perforator flap (DIEP flap) breast reconstruction surgery in a 50-year-old female patient with a lumbar peritoneal shunt tube. We performed DIEP flap reconstruction in the patient by withdrawing and subsequently reinserting the abdominal side of an implanted shunt tube.