title: Macrovascular arteriovenous shunt (MAS) between ulnar artery and its venae comitantes: the cause of arterial thrombosis and insufficiency in a distally based ulnar forearm perforator (UAP) flap used for intraoral reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Trieste, Dipartimento delle Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e della Salute, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: zoran.arnez@aots.sanita.fvg.it.
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Arnež
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cattinara Hospital, University Hospital of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cattinara Hospital, University Hospital of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Novati
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cattinara Hospital, University Hospital of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Franchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cattinara Hospital, University Hospital of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Troisi
authors.affiliation: Klinični oddelek za plastično kirurgijo in opekline, Univerzitetni Klinični Center, Zaloška 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arnež
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cattinara Hospital, University Hospital of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D061525:Perforator Flap / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000098:blood supply*; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D017535:Ulnar Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014680:Veins / Q000002:abnormalities