title: Ischaemic complications 20 years after harvesting of a radial forearm flap in a patient with scleroderma.
abstract: We present the case of a 67-year-old woman with scleroderma who had progressive necrosis of the finger together with severe pain 20 years after harvesting of a radial forearm flap. After reconstruction of the radial artery the ulceration of her right middle finger healed spontaneously within a month, and the pain disappeared.
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kagawa University, Kida-Ghun, Kagawa, Japan. ytanaka@med.kagawa-u.ac.jp
authors: Yoshio
authors: Y
authors: Tanaka
authors: Yhusuke
authors: Y
authors: Hamamoto
authors: Atsushi
authors: A
authors: Oda
authors: Tetsukuni
authors: T
authors: Kogure
authors: Norihisa
authors: N
authors: Sano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009336:Necrosis; D017534:Radial Artery; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000098:blood supply