Salvage of congested deep inferior epigastric perforator flap with a reverse flow venous anastomosis

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-217

  Liu, Tom S ^a   Ashjian, Peter ^a   Festekjian, Jaco ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DIEP flap venous congestion; Flap salvage; Venous augmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; DONOR; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT SALVAGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MASTECTOMY; PERFORATOR FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVASCULARIZATION; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS CONGESTION;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 34547652655     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000250853.40099.49     Document Type: Article

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