Dopplercolour ultrasound analysis of rectus abdominis muscle vascularization before breast reconstruction surgery: study of 30 patients

Authors

  • Patrícia leunon de Alencar e Lombardi Serviços de Mastologia e de Cirurgia Plástica do Hospital Mater Dei.
  • Henrique Moraes Salvador Silva Serviços de Mastologia e de Cirurgia Plástica do Hospital Mater Dei.
  • Edmundo Ahouagi Serviços de Mastologia e de Cirurgia Plástica do Hospital Mater Dei.
  • Maria Letícia Leone Rocha Serviços de Mastologia e de Cirurgia Plástica do Hospital Mater Dei.
  • Carlos Stefano Britto Serviços de Mastologia e de Cirurgia Plástica do Hospital Mater Dei.

Keywords:

Reconstruction, Breast, Doppler

Abstract

This is a prospective study thatintends to demonstra te the va/ue ofpresurgicat localiza tion
of perforating arteries of the rectus abdominis muscie in patients who will go through breast
reconstruction with TRAM. Dopplercolour ultrasound study was performed before the surgery
and the authors tried to determine the advantages of this procedure. It proved to be a nonin vasive and accurate method to point out important vessels during the surgery, allowing their
preservation and maintaining the availability ofthe fíap.

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2026-07-29

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Lombardi, P. leunon de A. e, Silva, H. M. S., Ahouagi, E., Rocha, M. L. L., & Britto, C. S. (2026). Dopplercolour ultrasound analysis of rectus abdominis muscle vascularization before breast reconstruction surgery: study of 30 patients. Revista Brasileira De Mastologia, 12(3). Retrieved from https://mastology.org/rbm/article/view/2079

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2002)

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Case Report

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