Perfusion zones of the DIEP flap revisited: A clinical study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-43

  Holm, Charlotte ^a   Mayr, Martina ^a   Höfter, Eugen ^a   Ninkovic, Milomir ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN; COLORING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; FLUORESCENCE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LASER; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TISSUE PERFUSION; ABDOMINAL WALL; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; COLORING AGENTS; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33644854524     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000185867.84172.c0     Document Type: Article

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