Intermittent short saphenous vein phlebotomy: An effective technique of relieving venous congestion in the distally based sural artery flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-307

  Wong, Chin Ho ^a   Tan, Bien Keem ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ankle; Bleeding; Congestion; Delay; Distally based; Exsanguination; Heel; Lower limb; Neurocutaneous; Phlebotomy; Reliability; Reverse; Safety; Saphenous vein; Sural artery flap; Venous anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTRACTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT PERFUSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; NECROSIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHLEBOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; VEIN GRAFT; VENOUS CONGESTION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL FLAPS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34247587625     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000238458.33475.ca     Document Type: Article

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