Reversible ischaemia after raising a radial forearm flap with ulceration of three fingers in a cigarette smoker

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-59

  Hölzle, Frank ^a   Kesting, M R ^a   Nolte, D ^a   Loeffelbein, D J ^a   Swaid, S ^a   Wolff, K D ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circulation disorders; Donor site morbidity; Microsurgery; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; RADIAL ARTERY; SKIN ULCER; SMOKING CESSATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FASCIA; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FINGERS; FOREARM; HEPARIN; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN ULCER; SMOKING; SURGICAL FLAPS; THUMB; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 30544432746     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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