Variable Presentation of Brachioradialis Muscle During Radial Artery Forearm Free Flap Harvest—An Accessory Distal Belly

Keywords

Brachioradialis - Variable anatomy - Radial artery forearm flap - Upper limb surgery - Oral cancer reconstruction

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