The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator or DIEP flap is a microsurgical technique in which blood vessels, skin and fat are taken from the lower abdomen and used to reconstruct the breast(s).

Figure 3b. Results of immediate breast reconstruction after modified radical mastectomy using free TRAM flap with microvascular anastomosis of inferior epigastric vessels to axillary thoracodorsal ...

Potter, a plastic surgeon who specializes in reconstructive surgery for breast cancer patients who have had mastectomies, said she was performing a bilateral deep inferior epigastric perforator [DIEP} ...