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Salvage of free flaps after venous thrombosis: case report
Christian T Bonde1, Lars Heslet, Erik Jansen
1Department of Plastic Surgery and Treatment of Burns, Center of Head and Orthopedics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. bonde@rh.dk
Abstract:
Venous thrombosis of a free flap is a serious complication in microsurgery. Several agents with the ability to dissolve an occluding thrombus exist. Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) seems the most effective. We present our experience with a procedure that was successful in elimination of the occluding thrombus in two patients.
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