Publicaties
DIEP flap perforator mapping by infrared thermography Universiteit Antwerpen
Serratus Anterior Artery Perforator (SAAP) Flap Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Breast reconstruction with perforator flaps grants the benefits of autologous reconstruction without the drawbacks of procedures requiring muscle sacrifice. These techniques are considered the most advanced natural-tissue breast reconstruction available. The thoracic wall represents an attractive donor site for harvesting perforator flaps used for breast reconstruction. Its benefits include plentiful tissue availability and the ease of hiding ...
Reconstruction of nasal alar defects with freestyle facial artery perforator flaps Universiteit Gent
Lateral Intercostal Artery Perforator (LICAP) Flap Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Breast-conserving surgery followed by radiotherapy is favoured for early-stage breast cancer or downstaged patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. However, often partial tumour resection may deliver an unpleasant cosmetic outcome, notably when more than 20% of the breast tissue is excised. As a result, breast-conserving surgery evolved to oncoplastic surgery by broadening its general indication to achieve wider excision margins without ...
History of Pedicled Perforator Flaps for Breast Reconstruction Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The first evidence of breast cancer dates back to the second millennium BC. Throughout the centuries, treatment was a challenge based on anecdotal concepts and theories. At the end of the 1800s, an inventive surgeon called Halsted standardised the radical mastectomy technique, achieving a 3-year or more survival rate of 38% to 42% (Halsted, Ann Surg 46:1-19, 1907). Halsted’s exclusive priority was controlling a regional affliction that could ...
Experimental swine models for perforator flap dissection in reconstructive microsurgery Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BACKGROUND: Perforator flaps account for a fraction of reconstructive procedures despite their growing popularity. Specific microsurgical skills are required for successful harvesting of perforator flaps, which are difficult to attain through direct operating room training. Cadaver and small animal dissection cannot simulate human perforator dissection, lacking either bleeding and vessel feedback or providing too small calibers. Thus, we have ...
Lumbar Artery Perforator Flap Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BACKGROUND: Breast reconstruction with the lumbar artery perforator flap is indicated in patients with unfavorable abdominal donor site. In addition to their clinical experience with lumbar artery perforator free flap breast reconstruction, the authors present an anatomical study of the origin and course of the perforators.
METHODS: Images of multidetector computerized tomography scans were used to visualize the location of the ...