Post operative monitoring of microvascular breast reconstructions using the implantable Cook-Swartz doppler system: A study of 145 probes & technical discussion

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1286-1292

  Smit, J M ^a   Whitaker, I S ^a   Liss, A G ^a   Audolfsson, Th ^a   Kildal, M ^a   Acosta, R ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cook Swartz probe; DIEP; Free flap; Implantable doppler; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RHEOLOGY; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149124549     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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