Abdominal Examination before DIEP Flap Surgery
Abdominal Examination before DIEP Flap Surgery Your plastic surgeon should perform a thorough abdominal examination before your DIEP flap surgery to determine the best possible outcome for your breast reconstruction. It is important to know that the abdominal tissue, both skin and underlying structure, is a reliable donor site to rebuild the breasts after a mastectomy. It is a fair question to ask the office of your plastic surgeon how much time will be spent at your initial consult, and what, if any medical history they will need to have prior to your visit. Your plastic surgeon will review your overall health records. However, for this post I will concentrate on examination of your abdominal area and dedicate another post to your breast area examination. To give you some idea of what will take place and some terms used I took a careful look at my report and will Continue Reading →