Prevention of thrombosis after microvascular tissue transfer in the head and neck. A review of the literature and the state of affairs in Dutch Head and Neck Cancer Centers

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-106

  Brands, M T ^a   van den Bosch, S C ^a   Dieleman, F J ^a   Berge S J ^a   Merkx, M A W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

free flap; graft; head; neck; surgery; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DEXTRAN; DEXTRAN 40; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ANASTOMOSIS; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMBASE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MESH HEADING; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MICROVASCULARIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTICOAGULANTS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; MICROVESSELS; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 76349112255     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2009.11.020     Document Type: Review

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