A picture speaks a thousand words: The use of digital photography and the internet as a cost-effective tool in monitoring free flaps

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-48

  Varkey, Prashanth ^a,b   Tan, Ngian Chye ^a   Girotto, Riccardo ^a   Tang, Wen Ruay ^a   Liu, Yi Tein ^a   Chen, Hung Chi ^a  

^a E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

ADSL; Digital photography; Early identification of thrombosis; Monitoring free flaps; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNET; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROSURGERY; MONITORING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEMEDICINE; VENOUS CONGESTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TAIWAN; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 39849086403     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31805003df     Document Type: Article

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