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