Increased Postoperative Bleeding Risk among Patients with Local Flap Surgery under Continued Clopidogrel Therapy

Purpose. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the influence of a continued antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel on postoperative bleeding risk in patients undergoing skin tumor resection and reconstruction with local flaps or skin grafts under outpatient conditions. Patients and Methods. The a...

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Main Authors: Eichhorn, Wolfgang, Haase, Martina, Kluwe, Lan, Zeuch, Jürgen, Smeets, Ralf, Hanken, Henning, Wehrmann, Manfred, Gröbe, Alexander, Heiland, Max, Birkelbach, Moritz, Rendenbach, Carsten
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4543372/