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Survival of a free flap after vascular disconnection at 9 days
1Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester GL1 3NN, UK. d.godden@ntlworld.com
The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
|October 16, 2002
Abstract:
It is not known how long it takes for a radial forearm free flap to develop its own independent blood supply from its recipient bed. This article describes a case in which vascular disconnection of the pedicle happened at 9 days postoperatively and yet the graft survived via its own independent blood supply.