Extracorporeal shock wave treatment in ischemic tissues: What is the appropriate number of shock wave impulses?

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-121

  Kamelger, Florian ^a   Oehlbauer, Markus ^a   Piza Katzer, Hildegunde ^a   Meirer, Romed ^a,b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Aesthetic Austria GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dose dependant; Extracorporeal shock wave; Ischemic tissues; Reconstructive flap

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN FLAP; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ANIMALS; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 76249111829     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243296     Document Type: Article

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