Cutaneous tissue flap viability following partial venous obstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2259-2266

  Russell, John A ^b   Conforti, Michael L ^b   Connor, Nadine P ^a   Hartig, Gregory K ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL RISK; TISSUE INJURY; VEIN OCCLUSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING ORGAN SYSTEMS; CHEMISTRY; CYANOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; EDEMA; EVALUATION; LIGATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SWINE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

OXYGEN;

ANIMALS; CONSTRICTION; CYANOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EDEMA; OXYGEN; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURGICAL FLAPS; SWINE; TISSUE SURVIVAL; VEINS;

EID: 33745426038     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000225472.57337.2e     Document Type: Article

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