Julie Vasile, M.D., LLC

Estimating the Weight of abdominal flaps for Breast Reconstruction with MRA

January 06, 2010 @ 02:41 PM — by unknown
Another nifty application of MRA (magnetic resonance angiography) technology in breast reconstruction is estimating the weight of the flap tissue taken from the donor site (usually a DIEP flap or SIEA flap from the abdomen). This gives the surgeon some idea of how big the flap will be, and thus how big the breast reconstruction will be. Click on the purple title to found out more details on the accuracy of this technique.