Venous perforators in DIEAP flaps: An observational anatomical study using duplex ultrasonography

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1051-1059

  Figus, Andrea ^a   Wade, Ryckie G ^a   Gorton, Louise ^a   Rubino, Corrado ^b   Griffiths, Matthew G ^a   Ramakrishnan, Venkat V ^a  

^a St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast; DIEAP; DIEP; Doppler; Duplex; Perforator; Reconstruction; SIEA; SIEV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC VEIN; DUPLEX ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC VEIN; UMBILICUS; VEIN;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863722063     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2012.02.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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