Postoperative blood flow monitoring after free-tissue transfer by means of the hydrogen clearance technique

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 493-505

  Machens, Hans Guenther ^a   Mailaender, Peter ^a   Reimer, Ralf ^a   Fallua, Norbert ^a   Lei, Yuan ^a   Berger, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYDROGEN CLEARANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SURGICAL FLAPS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031014893     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199702000-00027     Document Type: Article

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