Interstitial fluid pressure in free vascularized skin flaps of the rat epigastrium

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 317-320

  Davidson, John S D ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOTEL DIEU HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Edema; Free flaps; Interstitial fluid pressure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PRESSURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMEN; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; EDEMA; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL VEIN; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODYNAMICS; MICROSURGERY; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36749025629     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-992338     Document Type: Article

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