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Introduction While management of acute arterial occlusion is a core skillset of the vascular surgeon, treating a child with an acutely ischemic extremity can be especially challenging. This is an uncommon problem so few surgeons have significant experience, particularly with…
Procoagulant states may be divided into acquired and genetic causes. Acquired factors include advanced age, obesity, malignancy, surgery, prolonged immobilization, use of estrogens, antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (HITT), and pregnancy. Genetic conditions include male gender, antithrombin III…