{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,27]],"date-time":"2026-10-27T21:31:36Z","timestamp":1793136696659,"version":"4.5.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Georg Thieme Verlag KG","issue":"06","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["J Reconstr Microsurg"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2020,7]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Background\u2003Given the national trends in obesity, reconstructive surgeons are faced with an increasing number of overweight and obese women interested in postmastectomy breast reconstruction. While the link between obesity and adverse postoperative outcomes is well established, few studies have explored the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and the vasculature of the anterior abdominal wall.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Methods\u2003A radiographic review was conducted on female patients who underwent computed tomographic angiography (CTA) of the anterior abdominal wall. CTA studies were evaluated for perforator caliber and quantity. Patients were stratified by BMI. The relationship between BMI and the diameter and number of deep inferior epigastric artery (DIEA) perforators was analyzed using analysis of variance using Minitab software with \u03b1 of 0.05.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Results\u2003There were a total of 916 hemiabdomens included in this study. There was no statistically significant correlation between BMI and DIEA diameter or mean diameter of major (\u2265 1\u2009mm) DIEA perforators. There was a statistically significant negative correlation between BMI and the number of major DIEA perforators (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.01).<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Conclusion\u2003Despite the increased demands of excess abdominal adiposity, DIEA perforator caliber was not correlated with BMI on CTA. The number of major DIEA perforators visualized on CTA decreased with increasing body weight may indicate a limitation of CTA for presurgical planning of abdominal free flaps in obese patients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0040-1702176","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,23]],"date-time":"2020-02-23T18:32:15Z","timestamp":1582482735000},"page":"438-444","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Obesity and the Abdominal Wall Vasculature: Correlating BMI with Perforator Anatomy"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"36","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5940-8954","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Matthew A.","family":"DelMauro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital & Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York, New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Victor A.","family":"Moon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra\/Northwell, Hempstead, New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,23]]},"container-title":["Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/products\/ejournals\/pdf\/10.1055\/s-0040-1702176.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,11]],"date-time":"2020-06-11T18:31:35Z","timestamp":1591900295000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/DOI\/DOI?10.1055\/s-0040-1702176"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,23]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"06","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,11]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2020,7]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1055\/s-0040-1702176","relation":{},"ISSN":["0743-684X","1098-8947"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0743-684X","type":"print"},{"value":"1098-8947","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,23]]}}}