An abnormal clinical Allen's Test is not a contraindication for free radial forearm flap

Travis J Miller; Bauback Safa; Andrew J Watt; Mang L Chen; Walter C Lin

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3093

An abnormal clinical Allen's Test is not a contraindication for free radial forearm flap

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Jul 15;8(11):2191-2194. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3093. eCollection 2020 Nov.

Authors

Travis J Miller^{1

2}, Bauback Safa¹, Andrew J Watt¹, Mang L Chen³, Walter C Lin¹

Affiliations

¹ The Buncke Clinic San Francisco California USA.
² Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department of Surgery Stanford Hospitals and Clinics Palo Alto California USA.
³ G.U. Recon San Francisco California USA.

Abstract

An abnormal clinical Allen's test is not a definitive exclusion criterion for free radial forearm flap use. A surgical Allen's test may be useful to determine whether flap harvest is feasible in patients with an abnormal clinical Allen's test.

Keywords: Allen's test; hand surgery; microsurgery; phalloplasty; radial forearm flap; transgender.

Publication types

Case Reports