Cutaneous surgery in patients on warfarin therapy

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-277

  Nelms, Justin K ^a,b   Wooten, Anna I ^a   Heckler, Frederick ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous surgery; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN SURGERY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WARFARIN;

EID: 65349189503     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31817d822f     Document Type: Article

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