Eptifibatide Salvage of Arterial Anastomotic Thrombosis in Lower Extremity Free Flap Reconstruction: A Case Report

Tessa Drijkoningen; Vincent van Weel; Kyle R. Eberlin; Curtis L. Cetrulo Jr.

doi:10.1055/s-0035-1555011

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Inhaltsverzeichnis

J Reconstr Microsurg 2015; 31(07): 544-546
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1555011

Letter to the Editor: Short Report

Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Eptifibatide Salvage of Arterial Anastomotic Thrombosis in Lower Extremity Free Flap Reconstruction: A Case Report

Tessa Drijkoningen

¹Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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Vincent van Weel

²Department of Surgery, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

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Kyle R. Eberlin

¹Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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Curtis L. Cetrulo Jr.

¹Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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