Duplex in the assessment of the free radial forearm flaps: Is it time to change practice?

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 423-426

  Ganesan, K ^a   Stead, L ^b   Smith, A B ^c   Ong, T K ^b   Mitchell, D A ^d   Kanatas, A N ^e  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Radial artery; Radial free forearm flap; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALLEN TEST; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; ULNAR ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 77955983361     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.08.028     Document Type: Article

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