Diametric Comparison between the Thoracodorsal Vessel and Deep Inferior Epigastric Vessel in Breast Reconstruction

Figure 3

(a) Mean arterial diameters of TD branches and DIEP. (b) 95% confidence intervals using repeated measured one-way ANOVA. The diameter of the DIEP artery was similar to that of the Db; TD: thoracodorsal; bSA: the largest branch to the serratus anterior muscle; Db: the descending branch; bLD1: the largest branch to the latissimus dorsi muscle; bLD2: the second largest branch to the latissimus dorsi muscle; DIEP: deep inferior epigastric perforator.

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