Evaluation of the vascular integrity of free flaps based on microcirculation imaging techniques

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 39, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 253-263

  Lamby, P ^a,b   Prantl, L ^a   Gais, S ^a   Walter, M ^a   Bachthaler, M ^a   Nerlich, M ^a   Feuerbach, S ^a   Jung, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced microcirculation; Fluorescence angiography; Free parascapular flap; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN; SONOVUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMIS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOREFOOT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGING; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROCIRCULATION; PARASCAPULAR FLAP; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; ULTRASOUND; VASCULARIZATION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSELS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NECROSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK; SKIN; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 47849085095     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2008-1094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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