Clinical study of peroneal artery perforators with computed tomographic angiography: Implications for fibular flap harvest

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 329-334

  Ribuffo, Diego ^a   Atzeni, Matteo ^a   Saba, Luca ^a   Guerra, Maristella ^b   Mallarini, Giorgio ^a   Proto, Ernesto Biagio ^a   Grinsell, Damien ^c   Ashton, Mark W ^c   Rozen, Warren M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiotomodensitometry; Free flap; Osteocutaneous; Perforator flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OSTEOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PERONEAL ARTERY PERFORATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBULA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOHEXOL; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IOHEXOL; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954698270     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-009-0559-y     Document Type: Article

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