Assessment of skin flaps using optically based methods for measuring blood flow and oxygenation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 539-546

  Payette, Jeri R ^a   Kohlenberg, Elicia ^a   Leonardi, Lorenzo ^a   Pabbies, Arone ^a   Kerr, Paul ^a   Liu, Kan Zhi ^a   Sowa, Michael G ^a,b  

^a National Research Council Canada ^*

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; ISCHEMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; SKIN FLAP; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VEIN;

EID: 14044279342     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000148415.54546.CA     Document Type: Article

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