Complications associated with suction drains after microvascular anastomeses
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1Regional Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Microsurgery
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Two head and neck cases in which free flaps were used for reconstruction are presented. The circulation of the flaps was compromised due to problems directly associated with suction drains. The methods of drain fixation are discussed.