Ankle-arm index as a screening examination for fibula free tissue transfer

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 777-780

  Futran, Neal D ^a   Stack Jr , Brendan C ^b   Zachariah, Ajay P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle arm index; Color flow Doppler; Fibula free flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARM; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FIBULA; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; JAW MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0032789744     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949910800811     Document Type: Article

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