Palmar arch backflow following radial forearm free flap harvest

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-160

  Kerawala, Cyrus J ^a   Martin, I C ^b  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allen test; Radial forearm free flap; Segmental arterial pressure measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0037771132     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-4356(03)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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