Parameters for the preoperative evaluation of arteriosclerosis for free-flap transfers in head and neck surgery

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-138

  Kanoh, Naoyuki ^a   Dai, C F ^b   Ikeda, N ^b   Mimura, O ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b EYE AND ENT HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age; Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity; Arteriosclerosis; Microvascular anastomosis; Ocular fundus findings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE FUNDUS; FREE SKIN GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL FLAPS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034051619     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2000.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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