The distribution of the perforators in the anterolateral thigh and the utility of multidetector row computed tomography angiography in preoperative planning

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-160

  Kim, Eun Key ^a   Kang, Byeong Su ^a   Hong, Joon Pio ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

anterolateral thigh perforator flap; multidetector row computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; THIGH; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955227613     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181c60f60     Document Type: Article

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