Increasing Abdominal Wall Thickness Predicts Complications in Abdominally-Based Breast Reconstruction: A Review of 106 Consecutive Patients

Increasing Abdominal Wall Thickness Predicts Complications in Abdominally-Based Breast Reconstruction: A Review of 106 Consecutive Patients: Body mass index (BMI) has long been the proxy for patient selection in obese patients presenting for abdominally based breast reconstruction. Body mass index, however, fails to accurately reflect the distribution of abdominal adipose tissue. This study aims to quantify the effect of abdominal wall thickness on the incidence of post-operative complications and contrast abdominal wall thickness and BMI as predictors of post-operative morbidity.