בשל "הגנת זכויות יוצרים" מובא להלן קישור לתקציר המאמר. לקריאתו בטקסט מלא, אנא פנה/י לספרייה הרפואית הזמינה לך. 

Perforator flaps yield the best results for the patient with the least morbidity, and they should be considered the gold standard in head and neck reconstruction.

Although deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap is considered as the gold standard in breast reconstruction, its use in head and neck reconstructive surgery does not seem so widespread.

The objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review of the use, applications and results of the DIEP flap in the head and neck area.

Search was conducted in different indexed databases (PubMed/MEDLINE, the Cochrane Library, Scielo and Web of Science) and through meta-searcher Trip Database with deep inferior epigastric perforator flap AND head neck keywords.

Studies on animal and human experiments published in peer-reviewed journals, where investigators assessed the use of DIEP flap, according to the Koshima criteria, in the head and neck area were considered.