Avoiding ischemia in latissimus dorsi muscle grafts: Electrical prestimulation versus vascular delay

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1927-1932

  Woo, Edwin B C ^a   Jarvis, Jonathan C ^a   Hooper, Timothy L ^a   Salmons, Stanley ^b  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPLASTY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; HYPEREMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ISCHEMIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKELETAL MUSCLE VENTRICLE; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036260269     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03587-7     Document Type: Article

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