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. 2012 Aug;1(2):92–110. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2227-684X.2012.06.01

Figure 21.

Figure 21

The macrovascular arteriovenous shunt (MAS) is shown ex-vivo, after excision of the structure. Again, the MAS communication between a DIEA perforator (DIEA-P) and the SIEV is demonstrated, with an adjacent deep inferior epigastric vein perforator (DIEV-P) (Reproduced with permission from: Rozen WM, Chubb D, Ashton MW, et al. Images in plastic surgery: the anatomy of macrovascular arteriovenous shunts and implications for abdominal wall free flaps. Ann Plast Surg 2011;67:99-100).