Perforator number predicts fat necrosis in a prospective analysis of breast reconstruction with free TRAM, DIEP, and SIEA flaps

Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Dec;126(6):2286-2288. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181f61c04.

Authors

Warren M Rozen¹, Iain S Whitaker, Daniel Chubb, Mark W Ashton

Affiliation

¹ Jack Brockhoff Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Research Unit, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 21124185
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181f61c04

No abstract available

Publication types

Comment
Comparative Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Fat Necrosis / etiology*
Female
Humans
Mammaplasty / methods*
Microsurgery / methods*
Microvessels / pathology*
Microvessels / surgery*
Postoperative Complications / etiology*
Prospective Studies
Regional Blood Flow / physiology
Risk Factors
Surgical Flaps / blood supply*