Preoperative assessment of anterolateral thigh flap cutaneous perforators by colour Doppler flowmetry

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-25

  Iida, Hideo ^a   Ohashi, Isamu ^a   Kishimoto, Seiji ^a   Umeda, Tadashi ^a   Hata, Yuiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Colour Doppler flowmetry; Cutaneous perforator; Preoperative assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CANCER SURGERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SKILL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIGH; TISSUE FLAP; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0038627618     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00018-3     Document Type: Article

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