Thermal effect of illumination on microsurgical transfer of free flaps: Experimental study and clinical implications

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 58-66

  Kurita, Masakazu ^a   Okazaki, Mutsumi ^a   Ozaki, Mine ^a   Miyamoto, Shimpei ^a   Takushima, Akihiko ^a   Harii, Kiyonori ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal model; Complication; Free flap transfer; Groin flap; Iatrogenic burn; Microsurgery; Microsurgical light; Rat

Indexed keywords

XENON;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HEAT; ILLUMINATION; MICROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; HEAT; LIGHTING; MICROSURGERY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURGICAL FLAPS; XENON;

EID: 40549095338     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310801924266     Document Type: Article

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