Changes in blood velocity following microvascular free tissue transfer

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 417-424

  Hanasono, Matthew M ^a   Ogunleye, Olubunmi ^a   Yang, Justin S ^a   Hartley, Craig J ^b   Miller, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood velocity; Doppler ultrasound; Implantable Doppler; Microvascular free flap

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL FLAPS; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349285216     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1223850     Document Type: Article

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