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The correlation of flap blood glucose with fat necrosis of free abdominal flap for unilateral breast reconstruction

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Flap blood glucose (FBG) measurement is proposed as a monitoring technique. A cause of long‐lasting fever could be derived from fat necrosis. If the findings of low FBG correlated with… Click to show full abstract

Flap blood glucose (FBG) measurement is proposed as a monitoring technique. A cause of long‐lasting fever could be derived from fat necrosis. If the findings of low FBG correlated with fat necrosis, it could predict the poor cosmetic result and a source of fever. However, this correlation remained unsolved. The purpose of this study was to clarify this correlation in breast reconstruction.

Keywords: fat necrosis; blood glucose; breast reconstruction; necrosis; correlation; flap blood

Journal Title: Microsurgery
Year Published: 2022

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