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Deep circumflex iliac perforator flap
1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan. ykimata@east.ncc.go.jp
Clinics in Plastic Surgery
|August 15, 2003
Abstract:
The increased freedom of the DCIP flap from the harvested iliac crest facilitates correct positioning. To ensure that the DCIP flap can be safely elevated, however, the presence of perforators (approximately 1 cm in diameter) must be confirmed preoperatively and intraoperatively.