Surgical strategies to salvage the venous compromised deep inferior epigastric perforator flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 398-406

  Ali, Rozina ^a   Bernier, Christina ^a   Lin, Yu Te ^a   Ching, Wei Cheng ^a   Rodriguez, Eduardo P ^b   Cardenas Mejia, Alexander ^a   Henry, Steven L ^a   Evans, Gregory R D ^c   Cheng, Ming Huei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep inferior epigastric perforator flap; deep inferior epigastric vein; salvage; superficial inferior epigastric vein; venous congestion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77957982876     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181d9ab27     Document Type: Article

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