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Protein C deficiency in microvascular head and neck reconstruction

C Ayala1, K E Blackwell

  • 1Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine 90095, USA.

The Laryngoscope
|July 13, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Postoperative protein C deficiency is common after head and neck cancer reconstruction, affecting 70% of patients. This deficiency may increase the risk of free flap thrombosis.

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