In vivo analysis of the microcirculation of osteomyocutaueous flaps using fluorescence microscopy

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 644-652

  Rucker M ^a   Roesken, F ^a   Schafer T ^a   Spitzer, W J ^a   Vollmar, B ^a   Menger, M D ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intravital fluorescence microscopy; Ischaemia reperfusion; Leukocyte endothelium interaction; Microcirculation; Muscle; Osteomyocutaneous flap; Periosteum; Skin; Subcutis

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NONHUMAN; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PERIOSTEUM GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VENULE;

EID: 0345008879     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1999.3205     Document Type: Article

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