Establishing the case for CT angiography in the preoperative imaging of abdominal wall perforators

Microsurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 306-313

  Rozen, Warren M ^a   Ashton, M W ^a   Grinsell, D ^a   Stella, D L ^b   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

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL PERFORATOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; DEVICE; FEMALE; GRAFT NECROSIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTICAL RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47749094632     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20496     Document Type: Article

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