Because of the high spatial resolution and reduction of radiation dose, multidetector-row
computed tomography (MDCT) has been adopted as a routine medical procedure. With the
progress of computer, MDCT images are reconstructed in three-dimensional volume-rendering
CT, and may help to improve surgical strategies and perform safer and faster procedures.
Recent studies demonstrate the usefulness of MDCT in the evaluation of the vascular
anatomy of the inferior abdominal wall before deep inferior epigastric perforator
(DIEP) flap breast reconstruction.
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- Advancing deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap breast reconstruction through multidetector row computed tomography: an evolution in preoperative imaging.J Reconstr Microsurg. 2010 Jan; 26 ([Epub 2009 Dec 30]): 11-20
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Published online: June 04, 2012
Footnotes
☆This paper was accepted for presentation at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Yokahama, Japan on April 23, 2009.
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© 2012 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
