Thermal diffusion probe analysis of perfusion changes in vascular occlusions of rabbit pedicle flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1103-1109

  Khot, Monica B ^b   Maitz, Peter K M ^b   Phillips, Benjamin R ^b   Bowman, H Friederick ^b   Pribaz, Julian J ^b   Orgill, Dennis P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMISTOR; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETERIZATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SURGICAL FLAPS; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 16344374506     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000156546.45229.84     Document Type: Article

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