Color Doppler ultrasound: Effective monitoring of the buried free flap in facial reanimation

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 372-376

  Vakharia, Kalpesh T ^a   Henstrom, Douglas ^b   Lindsay, Robin ^c   Cunnane, Mary Beth ^a   Cheney, Mack ^a   Hadlock, Tessa ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Buried free flap; Doppler; Facial paralysis; Gracilis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GRACILIS FLAP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE PERFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; VASCULAR PEDICLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMILING; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858844323     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811427377     Document Type: Article

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