How low can we go: Achieving postoperative day 1 discharge after deep inferior epigastric perforator, a safe and feasible goal
Collaboration among surgery, anesthesia, and dedicated nursing teams allow 23-hour observation or outpatient DIEP reconstruction to be safe and feasible. By attaining equivalency with implant-based reconstruction, access to flap reconstruction can be extended to more patients.
Authors
- Amanda A. Gosman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6782-9302)
- Vivian Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5548-9283)
- Robert Craig Clark
- Chris Reid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2580-0250)
- Alvin T Nguyen
Institutions
- UC San Diego Health System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
- Published
- 2025-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2025.01.059
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01