Implantable venous doppler monitoring in head and neck free flap reconstruction increases the salvage rate

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1129-1134

  Paydar, Keyianoosh Z ^a   Hansen, Scott L ^b   Chang, David S ^b   Hoffman, William Y ^b   Leon, Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISCHEMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 77951086260     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181d0ab23     Document Type: Article

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