Skin perfusion assessed by contrast ultrasound predicts tissue survival in a free flap model

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 315-320

  Christiansen, Jonathan P ^a   Leong Poi, Howard ^a   Amiss, Lester R ^a   Drake, David B ^a   Kaul, Sanjiv ^a   Lindner, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Flap; Perfusion; Skin; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONTRAST MEDIA; GRAFTS; SKIN; TISSUE;

MICROVASCULAR BLOOD VOLUME (BV);

ULTRASONICS;

FS 069;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING ORGAN SYSTEMS; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; TISSUE NECROSIS; ULTRASOUND; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; MALE; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 0036222857     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00523-3     Document Type: Article

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