Ankle-arm index versus angiography for the preassessment of the fibula free flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 735-743

  Klein, Steven ^a,b   Hage, J Joris ^a,b   Van der Horst, Chantal M A M ^a,b   Lagerweij, Michiel ^a,b  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG ARTERY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE FLAP; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0037316917     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000041444.93038.1A     Document Type: Article

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