Does the preoperative imaging of perforators with CT angiography improve operative outcomes in breast reconstruction?

Microsurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 516-523

  Rozen, Warren M ^a   Anavekar, Namrata S ^a   Ashton, Mark W ^a   Stella, Damien L ^a   Grinsell, Damien ^a   Bloom, Richard J ^a   Taylor, G Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FAT NECROSIS; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SURGICAL STRESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAMMAPLASTY; PHYSICIANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54949134414     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20526     Document Type: Article

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