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ArticleJPRAS open2025

Using ICG to Streamline Perforator Selection in DIEP Flap Reconstruction: Retrospective cohort study of outcomes in our first one hundred flaps.

L A Reid, L McGeoghan, C Hoo, C McGoldrick

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Article in JPRAS open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

L A ReidRegional Breast Reconstruction Unit, Department of Breast Surgery, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7AB.
L McGeoghanRegional Breast Reconstruction Unit, Department of Breast Surgery, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7AB.
C HooRegional Breast Reconstruction Unit, Department of Breast Surgery, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7AB.
C McGoldrickRegional Breast Reconstruction Unit, Department of Breast Surgery, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7AB.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of indocyanine green in conjunction with near infra-red fluoroscopy as an adjunct to the clinical assessment of tissue perfusion is now well established.

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Breast reconstructionDeep inferior Epigastric perforator flapFat necrosisIndocyanine greenInfra-red fluoroscopyPerforator flap

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PMID40276248
PMCPMC12020882

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