Long term study into surgical re-exploration of the 'free flap in difficulty'

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1080-1086

  Winterton, R I S ^a,b   Pinder, R M ^a,b   Morritt, A N ^b   Knight, S L ^a,b   Batchelor, A G ^b   Liddington, M I ^a,b   Kay, S P ^a,b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free flap; Microsurgery; Re exploration; Re intervention; Salvage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DEXTRAN; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; PROSTACYCLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SALVAGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ISCHEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MUSCLE FLAP; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953287307     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.05.029     Document Type: Article

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