Flap size/flow rate relationship in perforator flaps and its importance in DIEAP flap drainage

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1666-1670

  Rubino, C ^a   Ramakrishnan, V ^b   Figus, A ^c   Bulla, A ^a   Coscia, V ^d   Cavazzuti, M A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns   (United Kingdom)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e Echographic Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; DIEAP flap; Flap congestion; Hagen Poiseuille's law; Perforator flap haemodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMAPLASTY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SURGICAL FLAPS; VEINS;

EID: 73349089358     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.05.045     Document Type: Article

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