The use of color doppler ultrasound in the assessment of vessels for facial transplantation

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-86

  Renshaw, Anthony ^a   Whitwell, Kerrie A ^a   Berger, Leslie ^a   Butler, Peter E ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasound; Facial artery; Facial transplantation; Facial vein; Transverse facial artery; Transverse facial vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE ALA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34250900497     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000252066.03494.53     Document Type: Article

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