Power doppler imaging in preoperative planning and postoperative monitoring of muscle flaps

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 465-471

  Loh, Nyu Nyu ^a   Ch'en, Ian Y ^a   Olcott, Eric ^a,b   Jeffrey Jr , R Brooke ^a   Hui, Kenneth C ^a   Persons, Barbara ^a   Lineaweaver, William C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle flap transfer; Power Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CICATRIX; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0030772812     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199711/12)25:9<465::AID-JCU1>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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