Hypercoagulability following COVID-19 infection: at what stage is it safe to do a free flap?

The number of patients with COVID-19 is exhibiting a constant increase.1,2 This pandemic has resulted in new challenges for clinical teams. There is emerging evidence that the current crisis is affecting the management of head and neck cancer (HNC) patients. Clinicians worldwide face this new severe infectious lung disease with limited therapies. In some units the service of head and neck cancer-related surgery has been cancelled or at least delayed. The demand for maintaining intensive care unit (ICU) availability has affected surgeries with reconstruction when free tissue transfer is required.
Source: The British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research