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What are the advantages of the DIEP and SIEA flaps over other methods of breast reconstruction using the patients own tissue?

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What are the advantages of the DIEP and SIEA flaps over other methods of breast reconstruction using the patients own tissue?

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In contrast to the TRAM flap, both the DIEP and SIEA flaps spare the rectus abdominis (belly six pack) muscle. They use almost the same abdominal tissue normally removed and discarded in a typical abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) to create a new, more natural appearing breast.