Thrombolytic therapy: What is its role in free flap salvage?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 601-604

  Yii, Ni W ^a   Evans, Gregory R D ^b   Miller, Michael J ^a   Reece, Gregory P ^a   Langstein, Howard ^a   Chang, David ^a   Kroll, Stephen S ^a   Wang, Bao ^a   Robb, Geoffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOGARTY CATHETER; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0034993172     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200106000-00005     Document Type: Article

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