The efficacy of clinical assessment in the postoperative monitoring of free flaps: A review of 1140 consecutive cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1157-1166

  Chubb, Daniel ^a   Rozen, Warren M ^b   Whitaker, Iain S ^b   Acosta, Rafael ^b   Grinsell, Damien ^b   Ashton, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PATHOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; STANDARD; THROMBOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77951089589     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181d0ac95     Document Type: Article

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