Three- and four-dimensional computed tomographic angiography and venography of the anterolateral thigh perforator flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1685-1696

  Schaverien, Mark ^a   Saint Cyr, Michel ^a   Arbique, Gary ^a   Hatef, Dan ^a   Brown, Spencer A ^a   Rohrich, Rod J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADIPOFASCIAL FLAP; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; GRAFT PERFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; LATERAL FEMORAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY; PERFORATOR FLAP; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IOHEXOL; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43149117482     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31816b4587     Document Type: Article

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