DIEP (deep inferior epigastric perforator) flap. With this method, the surgeon takes fat and skin (but not muscle) from your lower belly and moves them to the chest. This surgery also gives you a ...

The IGAP flap (inferior gluteal artery perforator flap) is a similar surgery except the artery in the bottom part of the buttocks is used. The major drawback of this flap is the possible change in the ...

Taking tissue from the lower part of the buttock is an inferior gluteal artery perforator flap (IGAP). Taking tissue from the buttock leaves a dent in that area and a small scar. Because the buttock ...

42. Kim SY, Lee KT, Mun GH. The influence of a Pfannenstiel scar on venous anatomy of the lower abdominal wall and implications for deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap breast ...

The name for this method is deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap. It is also called tummy-tuck reconstruction. There are other options, too. We can use tissue from your upper buttock ...

This is called a breast volume replacement. This can be done by using a local flap of tissue from another part of the body such as a: LICAP (lateral intercostal perforator artery flap), which is more ...

1. Breast reconstruction of a single breast with “stacked” deep inferior epigastric perforator flap(s) and/or gluteal artery perforator flap(s) HCPCS/CPT code: S2067 Average charge per procedure: $133 ...

9. Ruegg EM, Lantieri L, Marchac A. Dual perforator propeller internal mammary artery perforator (IMAP) flap for soft-tissue defect of the contralateral clavicular area. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg.

1. Breast reconstruction of a single breast with “stacked” deep inferior epigastric perforator flap(s) and/or gluteal artery perforator flap(s) HCPCS/CPT code: S2067 Total charges: $14,535,855. 2.