abstract:A DIEP flap is a type of breast reconstruction in which blood vessels called deep inferior epigastric perforators (DIEP), and the skin and fat connected to them are removed from the lower abdomen and transferred to the chest to reconstruct a breast after mastectomy without the sacrifice of any of the abdominal muscles. However abdominal musculature may be denervated by the DIEP dissection
Objective: to summarize the operatingapproachesandtherapeutic effect of freegrafting with deep inferior epigastric perforator flap (DIEP) in repairing the soft tissue defect of limbs.