Why the study?
Do COX-2 inhibitors cause early failure of free vascular flaps in patients undergoing ablative surgery?
Do COX-2 inhibitors cause early failure of free vascular flaps in patients undergoing ablative surgery?
Clinical experience suggests a potential association between COX-2 inhibitors and early failure of free vascular flaps.
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May warrant perioperative caution with COX-2 inhibitors; leaves open causality and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Al‐Sukhun et al. (2006) studied this question.
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