A prospective study of preoperative computed tomographic angiography for head and neck reconstruction with anterolateral thigh flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1505-1514

  Garvey, Patrick B ^a   Selber, Jesse C ^a   Madewell, John E ^a   Bidaut, Luc ^a   Feng, Lei ^a   Yu, Peirong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD; HUMAN; MALE; NECK; PLASTIC SURGERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIGH; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIGH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955010426     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318208d23e     Document Type: Article

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