title: Evaluating blood flow in full-thickness skin grafts utilizing the laser Doppler.
abstract: Full-thickness skin grafts follow a consistent clinical pattern of color and textural changes. Measurements with the Laser Doppler Velocimeter correlate with these observed changes, yielding reproducible temporally associated blood flow rates. Previous physiologic and histologic studies for skin grafts are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mulvaney
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Salasche
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Grabski
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014463:Ultrasonography