title: Integrating imaging techniques in lower limb microsurgical reconstruction: focusing on ultrasonography versus computed tomography angiography.
abstract: Recent developments in the field of biomedical imaging have facilitated the use of various imaging techniques as adjunctive tools in microsurgical lower limb reconstructions. Frequently-used imaging modalities in reconstructive microsurgery are colour-Doppler ultrasound and computed tomography angiography. Here, we present basic principles of the above applied techniques and analyze the surgical rationale of integrating imaging techniques in lower limb reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, General State Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gravvanis
authors.forename: Glykeria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petrocheilou
authors.forename: Dimosthenis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsoutsos
authors.forename: Iraklis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Delikonstantinou
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karakitsos
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color