Preoperative Doppler assessment of perforator anatomy in the anterolateral thigh flap

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 419-422

  Shaw, Richard J ^a   Batstone, Martin D ^a,b   Blackburn, Tim K ^a,c   Brown, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh; Doppler; Free flap; Head and neck; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXCISION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GLOSSECTOMY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL SURGERY; PAROTIDECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SKULL SURGERY; TENSOR FASCIA LATA PERFORATOR FLAP; THIGH;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMORAL ARTERY; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIGH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77955983506     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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