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A breast cancer survivor says she is scrambling to get a life-changing surgery before insurance makes it inaccessible — and she's not alone

A popular type of breast reconstruction surgery might soon be hard for cancer patients to access. The procedure, called DIEP flap, involves harvesting fat from a patient's abdomen to make a breast.
Frontiers

Expanding the Borders of Perforator Flap Application in Breast Surgery: Novel Techniques in Breast-Conserving, Aesthetic, and Salvage Procedures

Breast surgery increasingly employs various autologous tissue-based techniques. While free flaps (i.e. DIEP) remain the gold standard in post-mastectomy ...
WHIO

Kettering Health to perfom first specialized breast reconstruction surgery in the Dayton region

KETTERING — Kettering Health announced that they are the first healthcare system in the Dayton region to perform the Profunda Artery Perforator (PAP) flap breast reconstruction surgery. The PAP flap ...
Baylor College of Medicine

DIEP Flap

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).
UUHC Health Feed

Breast Reconstruction Options Following a Mastectomy

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 ...