Preoperative Vascular Mapping with Multislice CT of Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforators in Planning Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy

Alessandro De Pellegrin,T. Stocca,Manuel Belgrano,Michele Bertolotto,Fabio Pozzi-Mucelli,Z. Marij Arnež,Maria Assunta Cova

Preoperative Vascular Mapping with Multislice CT of Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforators in Planning Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy

2013

Alessandro De Pellegrin
T. Stocca
Manuel Belgrano
Michele Bertolotto
Fabio Pozzi-Mucelli
Z. Marij Arnež
Maria Assunta Cova

Purpose Our aim was to evaluate the usefulness of computed tomography angiography (CTA) in vascular mapping for planning breast reconstruction after mastectomy using a free flap made with the deep inferior epigastric perforators (DIEP).

Keywords:

Mastectomy
Radiology
Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery
Maximum intensity projection
Free flap
Multislice
Computed tomography angiography
Breast reconstruction
Medicine
Interventional radiology
Neuroradiology

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