Free tissue transfer in the hypercoagulable patient: A review of 58 flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 443-453

  Wang, Theresa Y ^a,b,c   Serletti, Joseph M ^a,b,c   Cuker, Adam ^a,b,c   McGrath, Jennifer ^a,b,c   Low, David W ^a,b,c   Kovach, Stephen J ^a,b,c   Wu, Liza C ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Division of Hematology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOPHILIA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 84856702236     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31823aec4d     Document Type: Review

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