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Figure 8. Inset of the smaller flap can include a small skin paddle along the inframammary fold for flap monitoring.
Case examples
Patient 1 [Figure 9]: 58 year old female with history of left breast cancer s/p left mastectomy and
postmastectomy radiation. She underwent delayed left breast reconstruction and autologous contralateral
augmentation with DIEP flaps. The right abdominal flap (484 grams) was used to reconstruct the left breast.
The left abdominal flap (173.5 grams) was used to augment the right breast.
Patient 2 [Figure 10]: 53-year-old female with a history of right breast cancer s/p right mastectomy. She
underwent delayed right breast reconstruction and left autologous augmentation with DIEP flaps. The left
abdominal flap (126 g) was used for autologous augmentation of the left breast. The right abdominal flap
(263 g) was used to reconstruct the right breast.
Patient 3 [Figure 11]: 53-year-old female with a history of right breast cancer status post right mastectomy
and radiation. She underwent delayed right breast reconstruction and contralateral breast autologous
