Microvascular surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Evans, Brandon C D ^a   Evans, Gregory R D ^a  

^a Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DEXTRAN; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; INSULIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INNERVATION; INSULIN TREATMENT; LEECHING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN GRAFT; WOUND;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33846434814     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000246717.81077.e4     Document Type: Review

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