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ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2025

Supercharged and Delayed Thoracodorsal and Dorsal Intercostal Artery Perforator Flaps for Autologous Breast Reconstruction.

Adeem M Nachabe, Mohammed S Rais, Mark A Maier, Hugo St Hilaire, Robert J Allen

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Article in Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Adeem M NachabeFrom the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.
Mohammed S RaisFrom the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.
Mark A MaierFrom the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.
Hugo St HilaireFrom the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.
Robert J AllenFrom the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In patients seeking total autologous breast reconstruction following mastectomy, prior abdominal surgery can present as a contraindication to utilizing traditional abdominal-based free flaps. The thoracodorsal artery perforator (TDAP) flap has emerged as a suitable alternative, providing adequate tissue and minimal donor site morbidity. This case report demonstrates further improvement to this technique by utilizing the dorsal intercostal artery perforator vessels to supercharge this pedicled flap, along with a surgical delay of the TDAP and dorsal intercostal artery perforator. This adaptation can provide added bulk and improved perfusion to the traditional TDAP-based total autologous breast reconstruction.

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PMID40270557
PMCPMC12017787

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