When Nicola went into the surgery, she knew she could wake up to very different outcomes - a successful left to right ...

Ultimately, Hua Hua had a mastectomy followed by DIEP flap reconstruction ... Hua Hua now feels more confident. DIEP, or Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator, refers to the blood vessels used ...

A surgeon was performing surgery when she received a call from the patient’s insurance company. Dr. Elisabeth Potter received a call from a representative from UnitedHealthcare regarding the ...

Dr. Elisabeth Potter is a plastic surgeon based in Austin, Texas who specializes in deep inferior epigastric perforator surgery ... performed two bilateral DIEP flap surgeries and two bilateral ...

A surgeon has slammed UnitedHealthcare after the insurance giant allegedly disputed her patient's care while she was on the operating table. Dr Elisabeth Potter, a plastic surgeon in Texas, claims ...

Photo courtesy of Marny Barnes. Carlson underwent a skin-sparing mastectomy followed by the Dual Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator (DIEP) flap surgery, which uses tissue from the patient’s ...

Cat Stone was 43 when she first noticed a suspicious lump near her armpit - but much to her relief, tests found it was simply an overgrowth of normal breast tissue. But two years later, in ...

The author’s objective is to compare the sensory outcomes between deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap microsurgery reconstruction and implant-based reconstruction. Additionally, the ...

Microvascular breast reconstruction uses the DIEP (deep inferior epigastric perforator ... 573 breast reconstruction surgeries and 64 DIEP flap reconstructions. Microvascular breast reconstruction ...