Effects of aspirin and low-dose heparin in head and neck reconstruction using microvascular free flaps

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 973-976

  Chien, Wade ^a   Varvares, Mark A ^b   Hadlock, Tessa ^a   Cheney, Mack ^a   Deschler, Daniel G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Free flap survival; Head and neck surgery; Low dose heparin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CHILD; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEAD; HEMATOMA; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 20144371385     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLG.0000163539.97485.F4     Document Type: Review

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