Prospective evaluation of dermatologic surgery complications including patients on multiple antiplatelet and anticoagulant medications

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 576-583

  Bordeaux, Jeremy S ^a,b   Martires, Kathryn J ^b   Goldberg, Dori ^c   Pattee, Sean F ^d   Fu, Pingfu ^b   Maloney, Mary E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Dermatology Associates of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic prophylaxis; anticoagulant agents; antiplatelet agents; blood thinners; flaps; grafts; surgical complications; surgical infection; wound dehiscence

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACK; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GRAFT NECROSIS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCALP; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOHS SURGERY; NECROSIS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

EID: 80051811609     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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