Introduction of the implantable Doppler system did not lead to an increased salvage rate of compromised flaps: A multivariate analysis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1710-1717

  Smit, Jeroen M ^a,c   Werker, Paul M N ^a,c   Liss, Anders G ^a,c   Enajat, Morteza ^a,c   De Bock, Geertruida H ^a,c   Audolfsson, Thorir ^a,c   Acosta, Rafael ^a,b  

^a Uppsala University Hospital ^*

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77953271322     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181d0ace8     Document Type: Article

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