Frederic Urbain

Service of Nuclear Medicine, Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium

Publications

• Original Article   
  Lymphatic Drainage of the Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap after Breast Reconstruction
  Author(s): Mirela Mariana Roman*, Pierre Bourgeois and Frederic Urbain
  
  Background: Transplanted tissue in breast reconstruction is routinely performed without any lymphatic anastomosis. Edemas might be observed at the level of these transplanted tissues. New lymphatic routes are supposed to develop but little is known about the development of new lymphatic vessels in the transplanted tissue after free flap transfer. The aim of the study was to evaluate the lymphatic drainage of the skin flap in patients after breast reconstruction. Material and Methods: In a series of 17 breast cancer patients, lymphatic drainage of DIEAP flaps was studied with lymphoscintigraphy. Three groups were differentiated in our series: 6 primary breast reconstructions (in the same operating time as the mastectomy), 9 secondary (in a different operating time as the mastectomy) and 2 for relapsing breast cancer. .. Read More»