title: Evaluation of Flap Tissue Viability by F-18 FDG PET/CT.
abstract: A 60-year-old man underwent vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap to reconstruct a left lateral chest wall defect. For assessment of viability of muscle flap, F-18 fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) was performed 15 days after surgery. The FDG PET/CT showed a small metabolic defect in the left lateral chest wall. During follow-up, necrotic change of the graft was observed, and the site was in accordance with the area where the metabolic defect was observed in the FDG PET/CT. As a result, debridement and wound closure was performed. This case suggested that the FDG PET/CT should be a useful method for the monitoring of muscle viability after flap surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82, Gumi-Ro 173 Beon-Gil, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 463-707 Korea.
authors.forename: Inki
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82, Gumi-Ro 173 Beon-Gil, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 463-707 Korea.
authors.forename: Seo Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-Si, Korea.
authors.forename: Chan-Yeong
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82, Gumi-Ro 173 Beon-Gil, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 463-707 Korea.
authors.forename: Ho-Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82, Gumi-Ro 173 Beon-Gil, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 463-707 Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Eun
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose; Myocutaneous flap; Positron emission tomography; Tissue viability