Caution with regard to use of the implantable Doppler probe on the internal mammary vein

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-72

  Kind, Gabriel M ^a,b,c   Oliva, Alfonso ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBECTOMY; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN GRAFT;

BREAST; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VEINS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 42049101998     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1042961     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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