The cephalic and external jugular veins: Important alternative recipient vessels in left-sided microvascular breast reconstruction

Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 465-469

  Casey III, William J ^a   Rebecca, Alanna M ^a   Smith, Anthony A ^a   Craft, Randall O ^a   Buchel, Edward W ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CEPHALIC VEIN; EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACODORSAL ARTERY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MAMMAPLASTY; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34547905032     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20388     Document Type: Article

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