Bedside maneuvers and waveform changes in the interpretation of the implantable Doppler probe signal for free-flap monitoring

Microsurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 670-671

  Rozen, Warren M ^a   Ang, G Gleda ^a   Acosta, Rafael ^a   Rahdon, Richard ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; IMPLANT; LETTER; MONITORING; MUSCLE FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; VASCULAR PEDICLE; WAVEFORM;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 78649265948     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20807     Document Type: Letter

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