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A forearm free flap based on an occluded radial artery: its salvage and avoidance
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Annals of Plastic Surgery
|May 1, 1990
Abstract:
The salvage of a radial forearm free flap based on an occluded radial artery is reported. Circulation to the flap was restored by resection and reconstruction of the nonpatent arterial segment within the flap. A simple test is recommended for preoperative assessment of forearm radial artery patency in which proximal pulsation is felt after distal compression of the radial artery at the wrist.