title: A world survey of anticoagulation practice in clinical microvascular surgery.
abstract: A retrospective survey of the use of anticoagulant agents in clinical microvascular surgery was carried out using a questionnaire sent to over 100 centres in different parts of the world. Replies were received from 73 centres where replant and free flap surgery is carried out with the help of microvascular anastomoses. The results are listed and discussed.
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery; D012092:Replantation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D006113:United Kingdom; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants