We would like to take the opportunity to reply to the letter by de Weerd, Weum and
Mercer.
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The authors present an emotive response to our ‘correspondence’ to this journal,
using terms such as ‘misleading’ to describe our contribution to the Journal.
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Their personal attack on our original comparison of two techniques for imaging perforators
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Published online: January 03, 2012
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- Dynamic Infrared Thermography (DIRT) in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phase of DIEP flap surgeryJournal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic SurgeryVol. 65Issue 5
- PreviewWe recently read the correspondence by Whitaker et al. in the journal and while we appreciate their scientific efforts we find that some of the statements made in the article to be rather misleading.1 The authors correctly state that their group has been highly influential in the elucidation of computed tomographic angiography (CTA) as a method of imaging the vascular anatomy of the abdominal wall, although the idea was first published by others who have also made considerable contributions.
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