Predictabiliy of bloodvessel locations in breast reconstructions
Conditions
Interventions
The control group receives standard care
perforator location planning through
US Doppler. The projection group receives additional planning based on CT data
and the perforator locations are displayed on the abdomen
Sponsors
Universitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age 18 years of older. Patients scheduled for direct, delayed, unilateral or bilateral deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction surgery. Patients willing to participate (written informed consent).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with intolerance / hypersensitivity to Iomeron© (iomeprol). Patients who undergo a deep inferior epigastric perforator flap with additional lymph node transfer.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The proportion of correctly and incorrectly identified perforators found with both techniques, compared to intraoperative results in each harvested flap (true positives). The total harvest time for each flap. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Ratio of perforators correctly predicted used for transplantation Task load of the surgeon with different planning techniques Intra- and post-operative morbidity including fat necrosis, partial or total flap loss, arterial thrombosis, venous congestion and perforator destruction between both groups. Differences in total procedure time. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed