Arteriovenous loops in microsurgical free tissue transfer in reconstruction of central sternal defects

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1283-1287

  Reichenberger, Matthias A ^a   Harenberg, Patrick S ^a   Pelzer, Michael ^a   Gazyakan, Emre ^a   Ryssel, Henning ^a   Germann, Günter ^a   Engel, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

American Society of Anesthesiologists; Arteriovenous; Arteriovenous loop between the cephalic vein and the thoracoacromial artery; ASA; AV; CTA loop; Tensor fascia lata; TFL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BONE NECROSIS; CEPHALIC VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT NECROSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TENSOR FASCIA LATA MUSCLE; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION; TISSUE FLAP; TUMOR; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78449239560     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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