Preoperative color doppler assessment in planning of gluteal perforator flaps

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-163

  Isken, Tonguc ^a,b   Alagoz, M Sahin ^a   Onyedi, Murat ^a   Izmirli, Hakki ^a   Isil, Eda ^a   Yurtseven, Nagehan ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Eski Istanbul Yolu   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Doppler ultrasonography; Flap; Gluteal region; Perforator flaps; Pressure sores

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DECUBITUS; DONOR SITE; EPIDERMOLYSIS; FEMALE; GLUTEAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; GRAFT NECROSIS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERFORATOR FLAP; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BUTTOCKS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949116564     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31817e9cbd     Document Type: Article

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