Trials and Tribulations with the Inferior Gluteal Artery Perforator Flap in Autologous Breast Reconstruction

Mirzabeigi MN, Au A, Jandali S, et al (Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) Plast Reconstr Surg 128:614e-624e, 2011^§

Abstract

Background

Perforator free flaps from the buttock serve as an alternative to abdominally based flaps in autologous breast reconstruction. Microsurgeons often opt to harvest tissue from the gluteal donor site because of a lack of abdominal volume and/or quality. The authors examined the experience of a single surgeon with the inferior gluteal artery perforator (IGAP) flap and provide a quantitative outcomes comparison with the deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap.

Methods

A retrospective review was performed of patients who underwent IGAP flap surgery for autologous breast reconstruction from August of 2005 to October of 2010 performed by a single surgeon (J.M.S.).

Results

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