Journal Reviews

ERAS in microvascular breast reconstruction

5 October 2015 | | Breast Surgery | Autologous breast reconstruction, DIEP flap, ERAS, Enhanced recovery after surgery, Microsurgery

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is an important concept in today’s accountancy dominated hospitals, effectively decreasing the length of stay (LOS) of postoperative patients. This is something that surgeons will have to consider – or have protocols foisted upon them...

Additional venous anastomoses to safeguard DIEP flaps

8 October 2014 | | Breast Surgery | DIEP flap venous congestion, Flap salvage, Microsurgery, Venous augmentation

That DIEP flaps can be troublesome is not news and many descriptions exist trying to circumvent these problems. The most common problem is venous congestion in the flap and this paper presents an ingenious method of anticipating and forestalling such...