Preoperative CT angiography for DIEP flaps: 'must-have' lessons for the radiologist

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Rozen, W M ^a   Phillips, T J ^b   Stella, D L ^b   Ashton, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; LETTER; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73349118474     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.11.039     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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