A review of vascular injection techniques for the study of perforator flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2050-2057

  Bergeron, Leonard ^a   Tang, Maolin ^a   Morris, Steven F ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Division of Plastic Surgery   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GELATIN; LEAD OXIDE; CARBON; INK; LATEX; LEAD; OXIDE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOGRAPHY; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INJECTION; LABORATORY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VASCULARIZATION; BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; DISSECTION; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BARIUM SULFATE; BLOOD VESSELS; CADAVER; CARBON; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORROSION CASTING; DISSECTION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LATEX; LEAD; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXIDES; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33646853644     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000218321.36450.9b     Document Type: Review

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