MRI appearance of myocutaneous flaps commonly used in orthopedic reconstructive surgery

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 800-806

  Fox, Michael G ^a   Bancroft, Laura W ^b   Peterson, Jeffrey J ^b   Kransdorf, Mark J ^b,c   TerKonda, Sarvam P ^b   O'Connor, Mary I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; Musculoskeletal imaging; Myocutaneous flap; Orthopedic surgery; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BONE TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TRANSPLANTATION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; BONE NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33748476480     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0484     Document Type: Review

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