A prospective analysis of free flap monitoring techniques: Physical examination, external doppler, implantable doppler, and tissue oximetry

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-56

  Lohman, Robert F ^a   Langevin, Claude Jean ^a   Bozkurt, Mehmet ^a   Kundu, Neilendu ^a   Djohan, Risal ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

external Doppler; implantable Doppler; microsurgery; monitoring techniques; near infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NURSING STAFF; OXIMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXIMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84871743312     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1326741     Document Type: Article

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