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Free Flap Salvage after Recurrent Venous Thrombosis by Means of Large-Scale Treatment with Medical Leeches

An anterolateral thigh flap was salvaged using 110 medical leeches in the absence of an available vein for reanastomosis. After surgical construction of the flap for full-thickness thoracic wall reconstruction, the patient developed complete venous occlusion. Specifically, the anastomotic vein devel...

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Autores principales: Tashiro, Kensuke, Fujiki, Masahide, Arikawa, Masaki, Kagaya, Yu, Miyamoto, Shimpei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5222654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28293509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001157