Indications and limitations of angiography before free-flap transplantation to the distal lower leg after trauma: Prospective study in 36 patients

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-192

  Lutz, Barbara S ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^b   Machens, Hans Guenther ^b   Rhode, Ulrich ^b   Berger, Alfred ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FALSE ANEURYSM; FIBROSIS; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; LEG INJURY; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; TIBIAL ARTERY; VASCULAR LESION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034013542     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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