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Free functional muscle transfer failure and thrombophilic gene mutations as a potential risk factor: a case report.
Microsurgery - 1 Jan 2007
Vekris Marios D, Ovrenovits Maria, Dova Lefkothea, Beris Alexandros E, Soucacos Panayiotis N, Kolaitis Nikolaos, Vartholomatos George
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The evolution of microsurgery popularized the free functioning muscle transfers as secondary procedures to reanimate paralyzed extremities after severance of the brachial plexus, especially when the surgeon deals with late cases. Studies considering transplantation, describe thrombophilic factors as a cause of severe complications after transplantation, such as acute or early rejection episodes, delayed graft...
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