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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

The Value of Morphometric Measurements in Risk Assessment for Donor-Site Complications after Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction.

Muriel O Meyer, Tristan M Handschin, Daniel T Boll, Frédérique Chammartin, Dirk J Schaefer, Martin D Haug, Elisabeth A Kappos

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Muriel O MeyerDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0988-2022
Tristan M HandschinDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Daniel T BollDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Clinic, University Hospital of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Frédérique ChammartinBasel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital and University of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Dirk J SchaeferDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Martin D HaugDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Elisabeth A KapposDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
University of Basel · CHUniversity Hospital of Basel · CH

Funding

Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Basel xx
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microsurgical abdominally-based reconstruction is considered the gold standard in autologous breast reconstruction. Despite refined surgical procedures, donor-site complications still occur, reducing patient satisfaction and quality of life. Recent work has outlined the potential of morphometric measurements in risk assessment for postoperative hernia development. With rising demand for personalised treatment, the goal of this study was to investigate their potential in risk assessment for any donor site complication. In this retrospective cohort study, 90 patients were included who each received microsurgical breast reconstruction at the hands of one surgeon between January 2015 and May 2017. Donor-site complications formed the primary outcome and were classified according to Clavien-Dindo. Morphometric measurements were taken on a routinely performed computed tomographic angiogram. Complications occurred in 13 of the 90 (14.4%) cases studied. All patients who developed any type of postoperative donor site complication had a history of abdominal surgery. The risk of postoperative complications increased by 3% with every square centimetre of omental fat tissue (OR 1.03, 95% CI 1.00-1.06, and

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autologous reconstructionbreast reconstructiondeep inferior epigastric perforator flapdonor-site complicationsmorphometric measurementsmuscle-sparing transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneus flaprisk assessment

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PMID32823954
PMCPMC7465816
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