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ReviewAesthetic surgery journal2021

Review of Quantitative Imaging for Objective Assessment of Fat Grafting Outcomes in Breast Surgery.

Urmila Sampathkumar, Zhale Nowroozilarki, Mary Catherine Bordes, Gregory P Reece, Summer E Hanson, Mia K Markey, Fatima A Merchant

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Review in Aesthetic surgery journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Urmila SampathkumarDepartment of Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Zhale NowroozilarkiDepartment of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Mary Catherine BordesDepartment of Plastic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Gregory P ReeceDepartment of Plastic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Summer E HansonDepartment of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4106-9819
Mia K MarkeyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Fatima A MerchantDepartment of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8218-9454

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article presents a comprehensive review of the use of quantitative measurements based on breast images to assess fat retention, breast aesthetics, and fat necrosis after autologous fat grafting. Breast volume measured from MRI and 3-dimensional surface images is widely used as a measure of fat retention. Breast aesthetics are assessed from a combination of anthropometric (distance and contour) measurements on breast surface images. Examination of radiologic images (ultrasonography, mammography, and MRI) is utilized to assess fat necrosis. The article discusses implementation guidelines for objective outcome assessment to support robust quantification and enable investigations of fat grafting efficacy. Level of Evidence: 4.

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Breast NeoplasmsMammaplastyAdipose TissueBreastHumansMastectomyTransplantation, Autologous

Identifiers

PMID34002768
PMCPMC10144619

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