CT angiography in the preoperative evaluation of abdominal flap breast reconstruction

Breast Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-120

  Carlson, Grant W ^a   Glenn, Wadley R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOTHERAPY; ABDOMINAL WALL; ALLERGIC REACTION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEPHROTOXICITY; OPERATION DURATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP;

ABDOMEN; ANGIOGRAPHY; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952754452     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2011.01062.x     Document Type: Editorial

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