Current state of the art in perforator flap imaging with computed tomographic angiography

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 631-639

  Rozen, Warren Matthew ^a   Ribuffo, Diego ^b   Atzeni, Matteo ^b   Stella, Damien L ^c   Saba, Luca ^b   Guerra, Maristella ^d   Grinsell, Damien ^a   Ashton, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Computed tomography angiography; CT scan; Deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap; DIEP flap; Preoperative imaging; Transverse rectus abdominis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORATOR FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 74049087179     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-009-0484-0     Document Type: Article

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