A new preoperative imaging modality for free flaps in breast reconstruction: Computed tomographic angiography

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Rozen, Warren M ^a   Phillips, Timoth J ^b   Ashton, Mark W ^a   Stella, Damien L ^b   Taylor, G Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48049109001     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318177462b     Document Type: Letter

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