The Cook-Swartz venous Doppler probe for the post-operative monitoring of free tissue transfers in the United Kingdom: A preliminary report

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 366-370

  Oliver, David W ^a   Whitaker, Iain S ^b,c   Giele, Henk ^a   Critchley, Paul ^a   Cassell, Oliver ^c  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; MONITORING; PERFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ARM INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 14944344874     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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