Postoperative monitoring of local and free flaps with contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) - Analysis of 112 patients

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 550-558

  Geis, S ^a   Prantl, L ^a   Dolderer, J ^a   Lamby, P ^a   Mueller, S ^a   Jung, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS); perfusion monitoring; skin; soft tissues; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84890555587     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1355758     Document Type: Article

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