The Allen’s test: revisiting the importance of bidirectional testing to determine candidacy and design of radial forearm free flap harvest in the era of trans radial endovascular access procedures

BACKGROUND: The radial forearm free flap is a workhorse free flap. The radial artery, which supplies it, is increasingly being used for endovascular access. A complication of this is radial artery occlusion. Although often asymptomatic it can compromise future free tissue transfer. CASE PRESENTATION...

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Autores principales: Foreman, Andrew, de Almeida, John R., Gilbert, Ralph, Goldstein, David P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4632347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26537296
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40463-015-0096-0

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