The bipedicled Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator (DIEP) flap, originally described and primarily utilized in autologous breast reconstruction for specific cases, has expanded its applications to encompass diverse anatomical regions in recent years. This report presents the case of a 69-year-old woman with a recurrent giant thyroid tumor who underwent surgical resection, resulting in a large cervico-thoracic defect effectively reconstructed using a bipedicled DIEP flap. The patient's postoperative recovery was uneventful, and the follow-up assessments revealed a healthy, well-perfused flap that provided sufficient coverage to critical structures, adequate restoration of the region contour, and enough volume to offset potential adverse effects of subsequent radiation therapy. In addition, this report incorporates a concise literature review highlighting the expanding indications of the b...

The films can be obtained from renewable resources such as polysaccharides, proteins, and lipids. Potato starch is a polysaccharide found in abundance, low cost, biodegradable, edible, and can be obtained from agro-industrial waste. In the present study, biodegradable films were obtained from potato starch mixed with montmorillonite nanoclay (MMT) as crosslinking agent and glycerin as a plasticizer; and thus characterize properties such as: permeability to water vapor, solubility, thickness, functional groups by FTIR, analysis of the morphology by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and mechanical properties. 9 mixtures combining different proportions of glycerol (1, 1.5 and 2 ml) with montmorillonite nanoclay (MMT) (0, 0.03 and 0.05 g) were prepared.