Free tissue transfer to the lower extremity in the setting of thrombocytosis and the role of antiplatelet therapy: a propensity score-matched analysis.

Preoperative thrombocytosis is not an absolute contraindication to LE FTT. DOS AP therapy may be protective in comorbid patients with elevated platelet counts, but must be weighed against possible short-term bleeding as suggested by significant increases in postoperative transfusion requirements.