“Antiplatelet or Anticoagulant: Which Affects Graft Outcomes?” with Karen Evans MD and Christopher Attinger MD

In this episode of the PRS Global Open Keynotes Podcast, Dr. Karen Evans and Dr. Christopher Attinger discuss the safety of continuing antiplatelet and anticoagulant medications in patients undergoing split skin graft procedures. This episode discusses the following PRS Global Open article: Neither Antiplatelet nor Anticoagulant Therapy Increases Graft Failure after Split-thickness Skin Grafting by Elliot T. Walters, Kevin G. Kim, Paige K. Dekker, Gregory P. Stimac, Shyamin Mehra, Tammer Elmarsafi, John S. Steinberg, Christopher E. Attinger, Paul J. Kim and Karen K. Evans. Read the articles for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com:https://bit.ly/AntiplateletnorAnticoagulant Drs. Evans and Attinger are both Professors in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. Your host, Dr. Damian Marucci, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia. #PRSGlobalOpen #KeynotesPodcast #PlasticSurgery

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Keeping up to date with the latest breakthroughs in plastic and reconstructive surgery can be hard. PRS Global Open has made it a whole lot easier by interviewing global Plastic Surgery giants of today and leaders of tomorrow about their research, their techniques and what the future may bring in this exciting field of medicine. Whether you're a patient, physician, plastic surgery resident or experienced attending surgeon, this is the podcast for you. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery—Global Open is the official open access, peer reviewed journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. It can be read for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com.