title: Successful microsurgical tissue transfer in a patient with postsplenectomy thrombocytosis treated with platelet-phoresis.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Hsiao
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Ou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010983:Plateletpheresis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D013156:Splenectomy; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013922:Thrombocytosis / Q000628:therapy*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*