Blood coagulation activity during microsurgery

Ann Plast Surg. 1998 Jan;40(1):53-8. doi: 10.1097/00000637-199801000-00011.

Abstract

The authors investigated blood coagulation activity in patients who underwent microsurgery. Hemostatic parameters were measured in 9 patients (10 operations) who were undergoing free tissue transfers. These parameters included prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), fibrinopeptide A (FPA), prothrombin fragment 1 + 2 (F1 + 2), and thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT). The flap totally necrosed owing to vasospasm in 1 patient with osteomyelitis of the heel, and the FPA, F1 + 2, and TAT values significantly increased. Reexploration was required because of flap cyanosis in 1 patient with a hemangioma on the wrist, and the F1 + 2 and TAT values increased during the salvage procedure. These molecular markers could be important in indicating hypercoagulable state sensitivity, and they serve as a warning of possible vascular compromise to a surgeon.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood Coagulation / physiology*
  • Blood Coagulation Tests
  • Female
  • Hemostasis, Surgical
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microsurgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Necrosis
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Surgical Flaps* / blood supply
  • Thrombosis / etiology