Anemia is not a predictor of free flap failure: A review of NSQIP data

Microsurgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 432-438

  Mlodinow, Alexei S ^a   Ver Halen, Jon P ^b   Rambachan, Akshar ^a   Gaido, Jessica ^a   Kim, John Y S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883600222     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.22107     Document Type: Article

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