Color doppler ultrasonography is a reliable predictor of free tissue transfer outcomes in head and neck reconstruction

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 635-638

  Khalid, Ayesha N ^a   Quraishi, Sadeq A ^a   Zang, William A ^a   Chadwick, Johnathan L ^a   Stack Jr , Brendan C ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; WAVEFORM;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33645318156     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.11.031     Document Type: Article

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