Information on Risk Factors May Help Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Optimize Flap Design and Patient Outcomes, Suggests Study in PRS Global Open
Arlington Heights, Ill. (May 29, 2013) – For women undergoing breast reconstruction after mastectomy, the weight of the tissue flap used affects the risk of an important complication called fat necrosis, reports a study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery—Global Open®, the official open-access medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

Information on flap weight—and the number of blood vessels supplying the flap—can help plastic and reconstructive surgeons optimize outcomes for women undergoing breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer, according to the study by ASPS Member Surgeon Dr. Justin M. Sacks and colleagues from the Department of Plastic and...