| Optimizing Outcomes in Pedicle and Free Flap Reconstruction in Patients With Sickle Cell Trait | |
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aNew Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark; and bDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC |
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Correspondence: tomre13@yahoo.com |
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| Keywords: sickle cell trait, free flap, pedicel flap, thrombosis, exchange transfusion |
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| Figure 1. (a) Photograph demonstrating a grade IIIB Gustilo-Anderson open left distal tibia/fibula fracture; (b) photograph with the display of the posterior tibial recipient vessels; and (c) photograph with the anterolateral thigh perforator free flap inset. |
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| Figure 2. (a) Preoperative marking of the right anterolateral thigh perforator free flap, 17 × 7 cm in size; (b) harvesting of the free flap; and (c) primary closure of the donor site. |
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A 46-year-old African American man presented with grade IIIB Gustilo-Anderson o .......