Flow changes in forearm arteries after elevating the radial forearm flap: Prospective study using color duplex imaging

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 553-558

  Talegón Meléndez, Antonio ^a   Ciria Lloréns, Germán ^a,c   Gómez Cía, Tomás ^a   Mayo Iscar, Agustín ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arteries; Color Doppler ultrasonography; Flow dynamics; Reconstructive surgery

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

COLOR DUPLEX IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 18744422829     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.8.553     Document Type: Article

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