The value of dynamic infrared thermography (DIRT) in perforator selection and planning of free DIEP flaps

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 274-279

  De Weerd, Louis ^a,c   Weum, Sven ^a   Mercer, James B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

DIEP flap; DIRT; Dynamic infrared thermography; Perforator; Planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DYNAMIC INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69549107714     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318190321e     Document Type: Article

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