Complex breast reconstruction procedure requires microsurgeon with ‘extreme’ talent

NEW ­OPTION: Kent Hospital surgical team members assist Dr. Brian Temple, second from left in the background, as he performs a DIEP flap procedure as part of breast reconstruction surgery for a mastectomy patient.
COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEM
NEW ­OPTION: Kent Hospital surgical team members assist Dr. Brian Temple, second from left in the background, as he performs a DIEP flap procedure as part of breast reconstruction surgery for a mastectomy patient.
COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEM

Patients who will undergo mastectomies as part of breast cancer treatment now have a new option for natural breast reconstruction in Rhode Island. Care New England Health System has begun offering a procedure known as the “DIEP” flap technique at Kent County Memorial Hospital in Warwick. DIEP – deep inferior epigastric perforator – is the

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