Is dextran infusion as an antithrombotic agent necessary in microvascular reconstruction of the upper aerodigestive tract?

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 463-466

  Sun, Tzong Bor ^a,b   Chien, Sou Hsin ^b   Lee, Jiunn Tat ^b   Cheng, Li Fu ^b   Hsu, Lee Ping ^b   Chen, Peir Rong ^b  

^a Tzu Chi University ^*  (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dextran; Head and neck; Microvascular reconstruction

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; DEXTRAN 40;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0141953290     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44634     Document Type: Article

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