Contrast harmonic ultrasound and indocyanine-green fluorescence video angiography for evaluation of dermal and subdermal microcirculation in free parascapular flaps

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-118

  Prantl, L ^a,c   Schmitt, St ^a   Geis, S ^a   Tsui, T Y ^a   Lamby, P ^a   Nerlich, M ^a   Kubale, R ^b   Zorger, N ^a   Herold, T ^a   Feuerbach, S ^a   Jung, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Hospital Pirmasens   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast harmonic ultrasound; Fluorescence angiography; Microcirculation; Parascapular flaps

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; INDOCYANINE GREEN; SONOVUE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST HARMONIC ULTRASOUND; DERMIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LEG; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; TISSUE PERFUSION; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PERFUSION; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 38049087209     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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