Early survival of a compromised fasciocutaneous flap without pedicle revision: Monitoring with photoplethysmography

Microsurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 462-465

  Chubb, Daniel ^a   Rozen, Warren M ^a   Ashton, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BODY MASS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CYANOSIS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MASTECTOMY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR GLUTEAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; TISSUE PERFUSION; TISSUE SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PEDICLE; VENOUS CONGESTION; WOUND HEALING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; BUTTOCKS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SKIN;

EID: 77957288509     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20781     Document Type: Article

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