Sutured attachment of the implantable doppler probe cuff for large or complex pedicles in free tissue transfer

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-101

  Rozen, Warren M ^a   Ang, G Gleda ^a   McDonald, Anthony H ^a   Sivarajah, Gausihi ^a   Rahdon, Richard ^a   Acosta, Rafael ^a   Thomas, Damon J ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

anastomosis; free flap; monitoring; postoperative; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIP; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTABLE DOPPLER PROBE CUFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; VASCULAR PEDICLE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSURGERY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VICTORIA;

EID: 79951515123     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1267837     Document Type: Article

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