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An Experimental Human DIEP Flap Model to Investigate Preservation Strategies for Vascularized Composite Allografts and Free Flaps
Published on: December 5, 2025
[DIEP flap reconstruction after palliative curettage mastectomy in locally advanced breast cancer]
J Arredondo1, N Rodríguez-Spiteri, W Torre
1Departamento de Cirugía General, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona. jarredon@unav.es
Background:
Curettage mastectomy is indicated as a palliative treatment in locally advanced breast cancer. We present our experience with the use of a DIEP flap reconstruction following extensive mastectomy.
Methods:
We report the case of a patient with very advanced local breast cancer that was subsidiary to aggressive palliative surgery after chemotherapy.
Results:
It was considered that the closure that could be performed with the latissimus dorsi muscle was unsuitable, therefore a DIEP flap was performed. The patient was discharged uneventfully.
Conclusion:
The DIEP reconstruction offers great cutaneous extension. It can be a resource in highly selected cases of locally advanced breast cancer in which surgery becomes the main treatment.
