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Figure 1. Harvest of the SIEA (yellow bulldog) and SIEV (green bulldog) to their origin in a DIEP flap provides adequate length to allow for multiple different recipient vessel options (intra-flap branch or runoff, caudal IM vessels, etc.). DIEP: deep inferior epigastric artery perforator; SIEA: superficial inferior epigastric artery.