Early and long-term evaluation of perfusion changes in free DIEP-flaps for breast reconstruction via IC-view and duplex ultrasound: Autonomous or peripheral perfusion?

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-146

  Heitland, Andreas S ^a,b   Markowicz, Marta P ^a,b   Koellensperger, Eva ^a   Schoth, Felix ^b   Pallua, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomization; Flap perfusion; Laser video angiography; Perforator flaps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LASER VIDEO ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BREAST; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 59949095465     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1103500     Document Type: Article

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