Monitoring microcirculatory changes in the deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap with laser doppler perfusion imaging

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-142

  Tindholdt, Tyge Tind ^a,b   Saidian, Said ^a   Pripp, Are Hugo ^a   Tønseth, Kim Alexander ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

breast reconstruction; DIEAP; laser Doppler perfusion imaging; microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 79960367911     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181f3e39b     Document Type: Article

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