Microcirculation in DIEP flaps: a study of the haemodynamics using laser Doppler flowmetry and lightguide reflectance spectrophotometry

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 604-612

  Figus, Andrea ^a   Mosahebi, Ashfin ^a   Ramakrishnan, Venkat ^a  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; DIEP flap; Flap circulation; Laser Doppler flowmeter; Lightguide reflectance spectrophotometer; Perforator flaps

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CAPILLARY FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAT NECROSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OXYGENATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKIN FLAP; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAMMAPLASTY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33646587387     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.09.047     Document Type: Article

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