Chronic arterial insufficiency of the hand with fingertip necrosis 1 year after harvesting a radial forearm free flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 728-731

  Heller, Frank ^a   Wei, William ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HAND DISEASE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECROSIS; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRISMUS; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

FINGERS; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11844255762     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000131018.41034.D4     Document Type: Article

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