Case Report of Breast Reconstruction with SIEA Flap

Lee,  Min Young; Eom,  Jin Sup; Lee,  Taik Jong

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Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand 2010;19(1):56-60.
Published online May 31, 2010.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12790/jkssh.2010.19.1.56

Case Report of Breast Reconstruction with SIEA Flap

Min Young Lee, M.D., Jin Sup Eom, M.D., Taik Jong Lee, M.D.

Department of Plastic Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mynar@hanmail.net

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Abstract

Purpose: Breast reconstruction with abdominal flap has many advantages. However, it might cause abdominal complications such as bulging or hernia. SIEA (Superficial inferior epigastric artery) flap is the most advanced form of abdominal flap which has no adverse effect on abdominal fascia. We report 2 cases of breast reconstruction with SIEA flap with reference review.
Methods: From Jun 2006 to Jan 2009, 110 patients underwent breast reconstruction with free abdominal flap. We tried to find the SIEA in every cases and adopted SIEP flap if the diameter was larger than 1mm and it had visible pulsation. 2 patients underwent breast reconstruction with SIEA flap. After design of abdominal flap SIEA was investigated with portable Doppler. SIEA was usually found 4-5 cm lateral to the midline. Flap was elevated with SIEA and SIEV to their maximal length at hiatus.
Results: There were no complications, such as infection, hematoma, and necrosis of flap. In both cases, flaps survived completely with excellent vascularity and breast reconstruction was successful. In one case, there was skin necrosis of mastectomy flap, and it was healed by conservative management.
Conclusion: With the SIEA flap, donor site morbidity can be minimized along with reduction of operation time. If there is reliable SIEA, SIEA flap would be the preferred skills. However, the limitation of the SIEA flap is difficulty in identifying the SIEA. The reason for less availability of the flap in Korea might include high prevalence of the Caesarian section scar and relatively higher level of the lower margin of the flap.

Key Words: Breast reconstruction, Superficial inferior epigastric artery, Abdominal flap

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