Early Venous Occlusion Detection in a Free Flap Using Real-time Laser Doppler Imaging
Summary: Early detection of venous occlusion in free flaps is particularly difficult to identify, and its duration is known to be directly proportional to flap mortality. Here, we report a case of deep inferior epigastric perforator based breast reconstruction in which the intraoperative use of a pe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer
2013-04-01
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Series: | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open |
Online Access: | http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2013/04000/Article.8.aspx |