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Making the most of computed tomography imaging in preoperative assessment and planning of abdomen-based flap breast reconstruction

Figure 1. Preoperative sarcopenia was evaluated by measuring the cross-sectional area of skeletal muscle at the L3 level. Patients with a SMI below 38.5 were classified as having sarcopenia, which is recorded in the volumetry sheet. SMI measured manually, without software assistance. SMI: Skeletal muscle index.

Plastic and Aesthetic Research
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