Direct microvascular monitoring of a free autologous jejunal flap using microendoscopy: A case report

BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Upile, Tahwinder ^a   Jerjes, Waseem ^a   El Maaytah, Mohammed ^a   Hopper, Colin ^b   Searle, Adam ^c   Wright, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; JEJUNUM; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PULSATILE FLOW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33749488437     PISSN: 14726815     EISSN: 14726815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6815-6-14     Document Type: Article

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