Perforator number predicts fat necrosis in a prospective analysis of breast reconstruction with free TRAM, DIEP, and SIEA flaps.
Jack Brockhoff Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Research Unit, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Warren M
WM
Rozen
Iain S
IS
Whitaker
Daniel
D
Chubb
Mark W
MW
Ashton
D005218:Fat Necrosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D055806:Microvessels / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*