The implantable Cook-Swartz doppler probe for postoperative monitoring in head and neck free flap reconstruction

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 729-734

  Guillemaud, Jennifer P ^a   Seikaly, Hadi ^a   Cote, David ^a   Allen, Heather ^a   Harris, Jeffrey R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK MALFORMATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 47949103170     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.134.7.729     Document Type: Article

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