Persistence of pedicle blood flow up to 10 years after free musculocutaneous tissue transfer

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 719-726

  Machens, Hans Guenther ^a   Pallua, Norbert ^a   Pasel, Jan ^a   Mailaender, Peter ^a   Liebau, Jutta ^a   Berger, Alfred ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LEG INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRESSURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0031939079     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199803000-00021     Document Type: Article

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