Assessment of the perforators of anterolateral thigh flaps using 64-section multidetector computed tomographic angiography in head and neck cancer reconstruction

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1004-1011

  Chen, S Y ^a   Lin, W C ^a   Deng, S C ^a   Chang, S C ^a   Fu, J P ^a   Dai, N T ^a   Chen, S L ^a   Chen, T M ^a   Chen, S G ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Computed tomographic angiography; Head and neck cancer; Perforator; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT NECROSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBECTOMY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; IMAGE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77957128537     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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