Advances in free flap monitoring: Have we gone too far?

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 267-269

  Luu, Quang ^a   Farwell, D Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flap; Free; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CAPILLARY FLOW; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ENDOSCOPY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SALVAGE; IMPLANT; MONITORING; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

FEMALE; FORECASTING; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 68949176891     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32832cba6a     Document Type: Review

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