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Abdominal subcutaneous fat thickness as a substitute for BMI in predicting complications in abdominally-based autologous breast reconstruction.

Jacob DinisAlexandra JunnRema ShahOmar AllamSumarth MehtaMohammad Ali MozaffariTomer AvrahamMichael Alperovich
Published in: Microsurgery (2021)
Estimation of ASFT is easily performed and is a significantly better predictor of flap fat necrosis than BMI.
Keyphrases
  • breast reconstruction
  • body mass index
  • adipose tissue
  • weight gain
  • fatty acid
  • bone marrow
  • optical coherence tomography
  • risk factors
  • stem cells
  • platelet rich plasma