Late Arterial Thrombosis after Microvascular Head and Neck Reconstruction due to Combined Factors of Pedicle Artery Loop and Submandibular Gland Swelling

Summary:. Late arterial thrombosis of a free flap is rare and usually unsalvageable because it is hard to detect. We herein report 2 cases of arterial thrombosis of a free flap after microvascular head and neck reconstruction due to the combined factors of pedicle artery loop and compression by a sw...

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Main Authors: Yu Kagaya, MD, Masaki Arikawa, MD, Shimpei Miyamoto, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-08-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001446