Influence of BMI, Age, and Gender on the Thickness of Most Common Thinned Flaps.

Background: Since the description of superficial fascia flap harvesting, a new window of opportunity has been open in obese patients, where a higher subcutaneous thickness of tissue is present. To our knowledge, the impact of body mass index on superficial fascial flaps has not been reported.

Methods: We recruited 122 patients from April 2019 to January 2020.