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Patients seeking autogenous breast reconstruction with the quandary of insufficient abdominal donor fatty volume are typically presented a range of secondary options such as gluteal perforator flaps, latissimus flaps, or a variety of other perforator flaps. Individuals, who also have insufficient soft tissue in these secondary donor sites and prefer to avoid an implant, present a vexing problem. The Body Lift Perforator flap addresses this previously unmet need with a technique that utilizes layered deep inferior epigastric perforator/gluteal perforator flap combinations for each breast. This incorporates four independent perforator flaps for bilateral breast reconstruction. The harvest of truncal fat with a circumferential body lift design gives the added benefit of improved body contour as a complement to this powerful breast reconstructive technique.
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DellaCroce, F.J., Blum, C., Sullivan, S.K., Trahan, C., Wise, M.W. (2016). Body Lift Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction. In: Shiffman, M. (eds) Breast Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18726-6_58
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