The limitations of tissue-oxygen measurement and positron emission tomography as additional methods for postoperative breast reconstruction free-flap monitoring

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 314-321

  Schrey, Aleksi ^a   Niemi, Tarja ^a   Kinnunen, Ilpo ^a   Minn, Heikki ^a   Vahlberg, Tero ^b   Kalliokoski, Kari ^c   Suominen, Erkki ^a   Grénman, Reidar ^a   Aitasalo, Kalle ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c TURKU PET CENTRE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breast; Free flap; Positron emission tomography; Postoperative monitoring; Tissue oxygen

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; WARFARIN; WATER O 15;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT PERFUSION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; POLAROGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SKIN NECROSIS; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74849136167     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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