Intraoperative evaluation of blood flow in the internal mammary or thoracodorsal artery as a recipient vessel for a free TRAM flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 590-593

  Lorenzetti, Fulvio ^a,b   Kuokkanen, Hannu ^a   Von Smitten, Karl ^a   Asko Seljavaara, Sirpa ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Toolo Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034981194     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200106000-00003     Document Type: Article

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