Specific Volume of Female Subcutaneous Abdominal Tissue as a Reference in Autologous Breast Reconstruction
| Autor: | J. Joris Hage, Mick Kreulen, Wouter J van der Pot, Paris Melis |
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| Přispěvatelé: | ACS - Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Other Research, Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty Mammaplasty medicine.medical_treatment Subcutaneous Fat Transplantation Autologous Prosthesis Surgical Flaps DIEP flap Abdomen medicine Humans Rectus abdominis muscle Mastectomy Abdominoplasty business.industry Middle Aged Surgery Transplantation Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure Female Breast reconstruction business Subcutaneous tissue |
| Zdroj: | Journal of reconstructive microsurgery, 26(3), 185-188. Thieme Medical Publishers |
| ISSN: | 1098-8947 0743-684X |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-0029-1243301 |
| Popis: | Use of the deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap is gaining popularity as the method of choice for breast reconstruction and replacement of prosthetic breast implants. Ideally, the volume of the prosthesis is replaced by the same volume of autologous tissue to restore shape and symmetry. Still, intraoperative tissue volumetry is not practical under sterile circumstances. The first step toward a clinical intraoperative measure for volume matching would be to acquire knowledge of the specific density of female subcutaneous abdominal fat tissue. The weight and volume of abdominoplasty specimens from 32 women were measured. From these data, the specific volume of DIEP flap tissue was calculated. The mean specific density was 1.12 mL/g (range, 1.02 to 1.32 mL/g; standard deviation 0.04). An approximate volume-to-weight conversion multiplier of 1.1 may serve as an intraoperative tool to estimate the volume of a DIEP flap from its weight. |
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