Mari, are you experiencing necrosis? Did you have a Diep flap reconstruction? Was it recent as in the past few days? Have you contacted your breast surgeon?
Hi,
I had my DIEP surgery 3 weeks ago, I was very excited about it and was looking forward to not have to put on the silicone prothesis every morning.
the surgery went well, my abdomen is healing very well but infortunatly, the flap is partially necrosed. no need to tell how I am feeling right now and how I regret this surgery. My surgen is saying that this part of the flap is not well irrigated, it does not mean that there was an issue during the operation, but the blood flow in this area is reduced. He said that the way the small vessels operate is different from one person to another so we do not know exactly how it would react. I went through a Hyperbaric Therapy wich helped increase oxygen delivery to a part of the tissue and allowed to rescue part of it but the rest of it is necrosed. He would probably remove the necrosed part of the flap and I will have an irregular shape.
I would like to have a feedback from those who went through this.
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Hi,
I had my DIEP surgery 3 weeks ago, I was very excited about it and was looking forward to not have to put on the silicone prothesis every morning.
the surgery went well, my abdomen is healing very well but infortunatly, the flap is partially necrosed. no need to tell how I am feeling right now and how I regret this surgery. My surgen is saying that this part of the flap is not well irrigated, it does not mean that there was an issue during the operation, but the blood flow in this area is reduced. He said that the way the small vessels operate is different from one person to another so we do not know exactly how it would react. I went through a Hyperbaric Therapy wich helped increase oxygen delivery to a part of the tissue and allowed to rescue part of it but the rest of it is necrosed. He would probably remove the necrosed part of the flap and I will have an irregular shape.
I would like to have a feedback from those who went through this.