Christina Y. Ahn

About

Christina Y. Ahn, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Hansjorg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Her specialties include Breast Plastic Surgery, Cosmetic Plastic Surgery, and Plastic Surgery. She treats conditions such as breast cancer and is involved in advanced breast reconstructive surgery. Dr. Ahn holds board certification from the American Board of Plastic Surgery since 1994. Her educational background includes an MD from New York University in 1983, a residency in Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in 1988, a residency in Plastic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 1990, and a fellowship in Microvascular Surgery at UCLA Medical Center in 1991. Her research contributions include publications on topics such as skin mapping for breast reconstructive surgery, monitoring of free flap autologous breast reconstruction after nipple-sparing mastectomy, and clinical experiences with breast tissue expanders with magnetic ports.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Sociology
• Medicine
• Medical education
• Family medicine
• Nursing
• Psychology
• Psychiatry
• Social psychology
• Gender studies

Selected publications

• Breast Reconstruction with the Profunda Artery Perforator Flap

  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery · 2011-12-10 · 294 citations

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  BACKGROUND: The use of perforator flaps has allowed for the transfer of large amounts of soft tissue with decreased morbidity. For breast reconstruction, the deep inferior epigastric perforator flap, the superior and inferior gluteal artery perforator flaps, and the transverse upper gracilis flap are all options. The authors present an alternative source using posterior thigh soft tissue based on profunda artery perforators, termed the profunda artery perforator flap. METHODS: Preoperative imagi…

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• Routine Use of Microvascular Coupling Device for Arterial Anastomosis in Breast Reconstruction

  Annals of Plastic Surgery · 2006-03-15 · 79 citations

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  BACKGROUND: Although microvascular coupling devices are used routinely and successfully for venous anastomosis, there are few published reports demonstrating their efficacy for performing arterial anastomosis. It has been the senior author's (C.Y.A.) preference to perform arterial anastomosis using the microvascular coupling device when feasible. METHODS: All microsurgical breast reconstructions performed by the senior author at the New York University Medical Center between 1998 and 2004 were r…

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• The Role of Autologous Fat Grafting in Secondary Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction

  Annals of Plastic Surgery · 2013-05-30 · 46 citations

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  Background Autologous breast reconstruction offers higher rates of patient satisfaction, but not all patients are ideal candidates, often due to inadequate volume of donor sites. Although autologous fat grafting is frequently used to augment volume and contour abnormalities in implant-based breast reconstruction, its clear utility in microsurgical breast reconstruction has yet to be defined. Here, we examined patients undergoing autologous microsurgical breast reconstruction with and without the…

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• Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction for Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy

  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery · 2013-01-29 · 44 citations

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  BACKGROUND: Nipple-sparing mastectomy warrants thorough preoperative evaluation to effectively achieve risk reduction, high patient satisfaction, and improved aesthetic outcome. To the authors' knowledge, this review represents the largest series of microsurgical breast reconstructions following nipple-sparing mastectomies. METHODS: All patients undergoing nipple-sparing mastectomy with microsurgical immediate breast reconstruction treated at New York University Medical Center (2007-2011) were i…

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• Venous coupler size in autologous breast reconstruction—does it matter?

  Microsurgery · 2013-09-03 · 41 citations

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  BACKGROUND: Autologous microvascular breast reconstruction is an increasingly common procedure. While arterial anastomoses are traditionally being hand-sewn, venous anastomoses are often completed with a coupler device. The largest coupler size possible should be used, as determined by the smaller of either the donor or recipient vein. While its efficacy has been shown using 3.0-mm size and greater couplers, little is known about the consequences of using coupler sizes less than or equal to 2.5…

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Frequent coauthors

• Jamie P. Levine

  New York University

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• William W. Shaw

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• Robert J. Allen

  Louisiana State University

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• N D DeBruhl

  University of California, Los Angeles

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• David P. Gorczyca

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• Krishna Narayanan

  Texas A&M University

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• Martin R. Prince

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• C. M. Chen

  NYU Langone Health

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