Free Tissue Transfer in Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Report and Systematic Review

Hemoglobinopathies such as sickle cell disease (SCD) are traditionally considered a relative contraindication to free tissue transfer, due to concerns that erythrocyte sickling will increase the risk of microvascular thrombosis and flap failure. This article describes a case report with the successf...

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Main Authors: Anne Huang, Ronak A. Patel, Lawrence J. Gottlieb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2023-05-01
Series:Archives of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1763260