Predictors for Prolonged Drain Use Following Autologous Breast Reconstruction
Dinis J, Allam O, Junn A, Park KE, Mozaffari MA, Shah R, Avraham T, Alperovich M. Predictors for Prolonged Drain Use Following Autologous Breast Reconstruction. Journal Of Reconstructive Microsurgery 2021, 38: 160-167. PMID: 34284504, DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1731765.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrain durationDrain useAxillary dissectionBreast reconstructionAutologous reconstructionOperation-related characteristicsMicrovascular breast reconstructionAfrican American raceAutologous breast reconstructionMicrovascular free flapsAbdominal drainBreast flapElevated BMIHispanic raceSurgical drainsRisk factorsMultivariable regressionFree flapLinear regression analysisBMIBreastUse durationHypertensionFurther studiesPoint increase