Efficacy of the handheld doppler in preoperative identification of the cutaneous perforators in the anterolateral thigh flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 928-933

  Yu, Peirong ^a   Youssef, Adel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33748778224     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000232216.34854.63     Document Type: Article

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