Recipient bed vascularity and the survival of ischaemic flaps

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 266-271

  Wang, H J ^a   Chen, T M ^a   Chow, L S ^a   Cheng, T Y ^a   Chen, J L ^a,b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b JEN AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOBRANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; ISCHEMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIME; TISSUE FLAP; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

EID: 0031001201     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(97)91158-9     Document Type: Article

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