Anatomic imaging of abdominal perforator flaps without ionizing radiation: Seeing is believing with magnetic resonance imaging angiography

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-44

  Greenspun, David ^a,b   Vasile, Julie ^b   Levine, Joshua L ^b   Erhard, Heather ^d   Studinger, Rebecca ^f   Chernyak, Victoria ^e   Newman, Tiffany ^c   Prince, Martin ^c   Allen, Robert J ^b  

^a GREENWICH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c New York Weill Cornell Center   (United States)

^d Jack D Weiler Hospital   (United States)

^e MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal perforator flap; Deep inferior epigastric artery perforator; Magnetic resonance imaging angiography; Preoperative imaging; Superficial inferior epigastric artery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PERFORATOR FLAP; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP; THERAPY EFFECT;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 76649128730     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1220862     Document Type: Article

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