The effect of "minimally invasive transfer of angiosomes" on vascularization of prefabricated/prelaminated tissues

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 491-495

  Demirtas, Yener ^a,b   Engin, Murat Sinan ^a   Aslan, Ozan ^a   Ayas, Bulent ^b   Karacalar, Ahmet ^a  

^a Departments of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Flap delay; Flap prefabrication; Flap prelamination; Minimally invasive transfer of angiosomes; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; EAR CARTILAGE; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RABBIT; RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; EAR CARTILAGE; FEMALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RABBITS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77955858006     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31819b6c6e     Document Type: Article

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