Free Flap Transfer with Arteriovenous Loop Establishment for Upper Limb Salvage in a Crush Injury
Summary:. Constructing arteriovenous (AV) loops saves a crushed limb when healthy recipient vessels are unavailable at the site of injury by supporting a transferred free flap. Literature about using AV loops in the upper limb defect is scarce. We present a case with a devastating upper limb crush i...
Main Authors: | Mohammad S. Radwan, MD, Ammar Z. Barakat, MD, Mohammad M. Jaber, MD, Ashraf A. Mashal, MD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer
2018-11-01
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Series: | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open |
Online Access: | http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001913 |
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