Complications of cutaneous surgery in patients who are taking warfarin, aspirin, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-166

  Otley, Clark C ^a,c,d   Fewkes, Jessica L ^a,c   Frank, William ^a,b   Olbricht, Suzanne M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THROMBOCYTE SLOWING FACTOR; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHEMOSURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; WARFARIN;

EID: 0030063581     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.132.2.161     Document Type: Article

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