A single center comparison of one versus two venous anastomoses in 564 consecutive diep flaps: Investigating the effect on venous congestion and flap survival

Microsurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-191

  Enajat, Morteza ^a   Rozen, Warren M ^b   Whitaker, Iain S ^c   Smit, Jeroen M ^a   Acosta, Rafael ^a  

^a Uppsala Clinic Hospital   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; DONOR; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VENOUS CONGESTION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE SURVIVAL; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77950374521     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20712     Document Type: Article

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