Preoperative vascular assessment: An aid to radial forearm surgery

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 419-423

  Thomson, P J ^a,b   Musgrove, B T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031435175     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-4356(97)90719-1     Document Type: Article

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