Developments in perforator imaging for the anterolateral thigh flap: CT angiography and CT-guided stereotaxy

Microsurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-232

  Rozen, Warren M ^a   Ashton, M W ^a   Stella, D L ^b   Ferris, S ^a   White, D C ^a   Phillips, T J ^b   Taylor, G I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 44449172583     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20485     Document Type: Article

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