Breast reconstruction options: What to know about DIEP flaps and tissue flaps
Navigating breast reconstruction options can be overwhelming. There are so many decisions to make. Will you have immediate or delayed reconstruction? Will it be implant-based or a DIEP flap or a tissue flap, which relies on the patient’s own tissue?
While implants are still more common, more and more breast cancer patients are considering reconstruction using their own tissue from other parts of the body.
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