The effect of liposuction on inferior epigastric perforator vessels: A prospective study with color Doppler sonography

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 346-351

  Salgarello, Marzia ^a,b   Barone Adesi, Liliana ^a   Cina, Alessandro ^a   Farallo, Eugenia ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; DIEP flap; Liposuction; Perforator vessels; TRAM flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; LIPOSUCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 25844470975     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000179168.69667.43     Document Type: Article

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