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J Reconstr Microsurg 1997; 13(8): 555-558
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1006436
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Successful Microsurgical Tissue Transfer in a Patient with Postsplenectomy Thrombocytosis Treated with Platelet-Phoresis

Hung-Tao Hsiao, Shuan-Yuan Ou
  • Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Accepted for publication 1997

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08 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

With the use of platelet-phoresis, two microsurgical free-tissue transfers were successfully undertaken in a patient with postsplenectomy thrombocytosis that had initially caused flap failure. Rapid reduction in the platelet count allowed free-tissue transfer in this patient who required early wound coverage.