Use of the Implantable Doppler in Free Tissue Breast Reconstruction

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 309-312

  Bedri, Mazen I ^a   Chang, Bernard W ^a  

^a MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Free flap; Implantable Doppler; Monitoring; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SALVAGE; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79956342143     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: 15580504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2011.03.016     Document Type: Review

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