Successful Microsurgical Tissue Transfer in a Patient with Postsplenectomy Thrombocytosis Treated with Platelet-Phoresis

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.

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