Preoperative angio-CT preliminary study of the TRAM flap after selective vascular delay

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 611-616

  Ribuffo, Diego ^a   Atzeni, Matteo ^a   Corrias, Federico ^a   Guerra, Maristella ^b   Saba, Luca ^a   Sias, Alessandro ^a   Balestrieri, Antonella ^a   Mallarini, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angio CT; Selective vascular delay; TRAM flap

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGEON; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36749022247     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SaP.0b013e31803df4d0     Document Type: Article

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