Preoperative Long-term Therapeutic Subcutaneous Heparin Administration into Abdomen: Possible Cause for Nonobstructive Microvascular Flap Failure

Summary:. The anterioabdominal wall is the most common site for low molecular weight heparin administration for anticoagulation, either for prophylactic or for therapeutic indications. Occasionally, this could be associated with damage of the abdominal pannus microvasculature, which could possibly j...

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Main Authors: Saif Rhobaye, MRCS, MD, Marco N. Malahias, MSc, MRCS, Sherif Youssif, MSc, Kareem Alsharkawy, MD, MRCS, Maninder Kalkat, MS, MCh, FRCS(CTh), Haitham H. Khalil, MSc, MRCS(Ed), MD, FRCS (Eng)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2021-02-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003400