Post DIEP Bulge and Charlie Horse- What's The Cause?

Although rare with the DIEP flap, patients can still get bulges/hernias in the area where the muscle was split to remove the diep flap blood supply.   This will need to be repaired and is often easier to do earlier in the development than later on.

I would undergo evaluation by  a plastic surgeon who has experience in this procedure for definitive recommendations.

 

A bulge in the lower abdomen even aftter a DIEP flap may be the rsult of the weak muscle that was left.  Sometimes the bulge is treated with mesh if it is due to a weakness. You should probably have this checked out.