Pre-operative evaluation of the lower extremity prior to microvascular free fibula flap harvest

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 122-127

  Clemenza, John W ^a,b   Rogers, Simon ^a   Magennis, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower limb vascular assessment; Microvascular free fibula flap; Postal questionnaire; Reconstruction of the oromandibular defect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMORAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FIBULA; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MANDIBLE CANCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; VASCULARIZATION;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FIBULA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEG; MICROCIRCULATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 0034014106     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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