Angio computed tomography preoperative evaluation for anterolateral thigh flap harvesting

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 368-371

  Ribuffo, Diego ^a   Atzeni, Matteo ^a   Saba, Luca ^a   Milia, Arianna ^a   Guerra, Maristella ^b   Mallarini, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angio CT; Anterolateral thigh flap

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPROMIDE;

ANATOMY; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEG; MALE; ORAL SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66049162287     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31817fe4c5     Document Type: Article

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