Monitoring Vascular Compromise Using Ultrasound After Free Tissue Transfer.

Rikuo ShinomiyaToru SunagawaYuko NakashimaAkira KodamaYuta HayashiMaya TokumotoNobuo Adachi

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2019)

Ultrasound is a useful adjunct that enables a direct assessment of perfusion in grafted tissues, which may reduce unnecessary exploration when conventional flap monitoring shows an abnormality.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
gene expression
contrast enhanced ultrasound
ultrasound guided
contrast enhanced
computed tomography
breast reconstruction