Colour Flow Duplex Scanning: An Accurate, Non-Invasive Technique for Preoperative Evaluation of the Vascular Supply of the Rectus Abdominis Myocutaneous Flap
| Autor: | Andrea Tinti, Silvia Trapassi, Cristiano Dominici, Flaminio O. Flamini, Cordellini M, A Pacifici |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Reconstructive Surgeon Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Revascularization Sensitivity and Specificity Surgical Flaps Duplex scanning medicine Humans Ultrasonography Doppler Color Rectus abdominis muscle Reduction (orthopedic surgery) Abdominal Muscles Aged business.industry Graft Survival Ultrasound General Medicine Blood flow Middle Aged Surgery Female Breast reconstruction business Blood Flow Velocity |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery. 29:319-324 |
| ISSN: | 0284-4311 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/02844319509008966 |
| Popis: | Forty patients were examined with colour Doppler to study the vascularization of rectus abdominis myocutaneous flaps before operations. The accuracy of this non-invasive ultrasound technique allowed us to describe the characteristics of the blood flow, including volume and velocity, diameter of vessels and their transverse section area within the epigastric arteries which supply the superior and inferior vascular pedicles of the flap. Vessels are drawn on the skin surface so that the flap can be more precisely and rapidly dissected. We are now using colour Doppler to assess variations in the diameter of vessels and in other variables of blood flow within the vascular pedicle of the transferred flap. These evaluations before and after operation are a great help to the reconstructive surgeon in the choice of operation and will lead to an appreciable reduction in postoperative morbidity. |
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