Free flap take-back following postoperative microvascular compromise: Predicting salvage versus failure

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 579-589

  Mirzabeigi, Michael N ^a   Wang, Theresa ^a   Kovach, Stephen J ^b   Taylor, Jesse A ^a   Serletti, Joseph M ^a   Wu, Liza C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Division of Plastic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SALVAGE THERAPY; STATISTICS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULARIZATION;

FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PLATELET COUNT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84866042695     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31825dbfb7     Document Type: Article

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