Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 99-102 , January 2004

Severe atherosclerosis of the radial artery in a free radial forearm flap precluding its use

  • Remco de Bree

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31-20-4443690; fax: +31-20-4443688
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  • Jasper J Quak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • J.Alain Kummer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Suat Simsek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Internal Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • C.René Leemans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 21 March 2003 ,Accepted 27 May 2003.

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PII: S1368-8375(03)00133-7

doi: 10.1016/S1368-8375(03)00133-7

Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 99-102 , January 2004

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