Effect of cooling and warming on thermographic imaging of the perforating vessels of the abdomen

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 58-61

  Zetterman, E ^a   Salmi, A ^a   Suominen, S ^a   Karonen, A ^b   Asko Seljavaara, S ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Helsinki Institute of Technology   (Finland)

Author keywords

Free flaps; Perforator flaps; Perforators; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; COOLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THERMOGRAPHY; TIME; VASCULARIZATION; WARMING;

EID: 0032911966     PISSN: 0930343X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002380050148     Document Type: Article

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