Table 5.
Complications and relationship of flap loss with coagulation tests
| Conventional tests | TEG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| PR- INR | PST-INR | PR-aPTZ | PST aPTZ | PR- TEG | PST-TEG | |
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| Complications | ||||||
| Thrombosis (n:5) | 0.86 | - | 0.61 | 0.23 | 0.79 | 0.66 |
| Partial necrosis (n:4) | 0.89 | - | 0.67 | 0.7 | 0.81 | 0.65 |
| Haematoma (n:8) | 0.011* | - | 0.43 | 0.1 | 0.73 | 0.48 |
| Flap outcome | p<0.000* | - | 0.75 | 0.001* | 0.83 | 0.14 |
*
p<0.05.
PR: preoperative; PST: postoperative; INR: international normalized ratio; aPTT: activated partial thromboplastin time; TEG: thromboelastogram