Effects of lidocaine plus epinephrine and prilocaine on autologous fat graft survival.

Although fat grafting is frequently used in plastic surgery practice, debate about the viability of the graft still persists owing to its questionable long-term success. The ultimate aim is to obtain long-term graft viability. Vascularization of the graft is essential for this purpose.

Relation between serum ischemia-modified albumin levels and rectus abdominis muscle flap viability.

Ischemia is a major cause of flap failure in reconstructive surgery. To detect circulatory compromise, many flap monitoring methods are used; however, there is no any optimal standard method. Ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) is an ischemia marker, which has recently been investigated in many studies and largely validated for early detection of ischemia.