Advancements in free flap monitoring in the last decade: A critical review

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 177-185

  Smit, Jeroen M ^a,b,c   Zeebregts, Clark J ^a,b,c   Acosta, Rafael ^a,b,c   Werker, Paul M N ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b University Medical Center Groningen ^*

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MICRODIALYSIS; MONITORING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICRODIALYSIS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 75149143627     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c49580     Document Type: Article

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