MR angiography of lower extremities at 3 T: Presurgical planning of fibular free flap transfer for facial reconstruction

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 770-776

  Lohan, Derek G ^a   Tomasian, Anderanik ^a   Krishnam, Mayil ^a   Jonnala, Praveen ^a   Blackwell, Keith E ^a   Finn, J Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibula; Free flap; Mandible; Oral cancer; Peroneal artery; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBULAR FREE FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MANDIBLE RESECTION; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOISE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 39749156912     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2753     Document Type: Article

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