Disappearance of Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis After Use of Edoxaban Following Head and Neck Reconstruction: A Case Report

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Yoichiro Shibuya Akio Nishijima Junya Oshima Kaoru Sasaki Masahiro Sasaki Mitsuru Sekido Yukiko Aihara

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Masahiro Sasaki
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan

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Internal jugular vein thrombosis (IJVT) is a complication of neck dissection. After head and neck reconstruction, flap congestion due to IJVT may lead to flap necrosis, and early diagnosis and treatment should be considered. We experienced a case of disappearance of IJVT in which edoxaban was administered after free-flap reconstruction, and the entire flap survived. Edoxaban has few bleeding complications and was useful as a single drug approach for IJVT after head and neck reconstruction.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Fri 31, Jan 2020
Accepted: Mon 17, Feb 2020
Published: Mon 09, Mar 2020

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© 2023 Masahiro Sasaki. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.JSO.2020.01.08