Role of Thrombolysis in Free-Flap Salvage

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 523-529

  Panchapakesan, Vivek ^b,c   Addison, Patrick ^b   Beausang, Eamon ^b   Lipa, Joan E ^b   Gilbert, Ralph W ^b   Neligan, Peter C ^a,b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Failing free tissue transfers; Retrospective review; Thrombolytics

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; BLEEDING; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0346749388     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815638     Document Type: Review

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