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A deep inferior epigastric flap with a prefabricated thin portion obtained from the insertion of a silicone sheet
1Department of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, National Defence Medical College, Saitama, Japan.
British Journal of Plastic Surgery
|April 1, 1992
Abstract:
The rectus abdominis flap has been widely utilised but a disadvantage is that the flap is rather thick. We have succeeded in preparing a stable thin flap in obese patients. This has been achieved through prefabrication by the subcutaneous insertion of a silicone sheet adjacent to a conventional deep inferior epigastric flap.