Direct monitoring of microvascular anastomoses with the 20-mhz ultrasonic doppler probe: An experimental and clinical study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 149-158

  Swartz, William M ^a   Jones, Neil F ^a   Cherup, Lori ^a   Klein, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGERY; THROMBOSIS;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMAL; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOGS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RABBITS; SURGICAL FLAPS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; ULTRASONICS; VEINS;

EID: 0023835477     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-198802000-00001     Document Type: Article

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