A Cost-Utility Analysis of the Use of Preoperative Computed Tomographic Angiography in Abdomen-Based Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction

摘要

Background: Computed tomographic angiography is a diagnostic tool increasingly used for preoperative vascular mapping in abdomen-based perforator flap breast reconstruction. This study compared the use of computed tomographic angiography and the conventional practice of Doppler ultrasonography only in postmastectomy reconstruction using a cost-utility model.