No-drain DIEP Flap Donor-site Closure Using Barbed Progressive Tension Sutures

摘要

Background:The use of progressive tension sutures has been shown to be comparable to the use of abdominal drains in abdominoplasty. However, the use of barbed progressive tension sutures (B-PTSs) in deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap donor-site closure has not been investigated.