Laila Aboulnasr MD; Tarek Ashour MD; Sherif Zamer MD
Laila Aboulnasr MD; Tarek Ashour MD; Sherif Zamer MD
Usama Lotfi (MD, MRCS) , Hisham Mostafa (MD), Maher Abdelmonem (MD), Ahmed Reyad (MD)
Magdy Haggag, Usama Lotfi, Randa Kaddah
Mohamed El-Maadawy, MD
Mohamed El-Maadawy, MD.
Ahmed M. Hussein MD., Mohamed Y. Ibrahim MD., Mohamed L. Mohamed M.Sc.
Ahmed El-Marakby, Ahmed Farghaly, Ahmed Gamal Eldin Fouad
Ashraf Abolfotooh Khalil, Amr Ibrahim Fouad, Mohamed Hazem, Ahmed F. Aborady, Hatem Elsahar, Ahmed Ragab Morsi
Mahmoud Saad Farahat MD
Fady Magdy Yacoub, Khaled Sadek, Ahmed Adel Nawar
Maged Rihan and Mohamed M.Raslan
Usama Shaker Mohamed, Mohamed Diaa Sarhan, Amr Mohsen, Ahmed Farag, Mohamed Youssef, Fahim Elbassiony
Comparison between the DIEP Flap and the Free TRAM Flap for Breast Reconstruction early Experience in Kasr-Alainy Hospital
Background: The female breast can have a serious impact on a woman’s self-esteem. Breast
reconstruction contributes substantially to a woman’s physical, emitonal and psychological recovery from
breast cancer. It enables the patient to feel whole again and restores her body image. Aim of the Work:
The aim is to compare the free TRAM-flap and the DIEP flap regarding the flap complications and donor
site morbidity in delayed breast reconstruction. Patients & Methods: Between June 2012 and June 2014,
21 patients underwent autologous tissue breast reconstruction using either free TRAM flap or free DIEP
flap. Conclusion: There is no practical difference between the free TRAM flap and the free DIEP flap
regarding donor site complications.
Keywords: Breast reconstruction, TRAM flap, DIEP flap.