ARTERIAL FLAP .2. AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY IN RABBITS

Skin flaps are normally characterized by arterial inflow and venous ou tflow. However, there are several reports about experimental and clini cal applications of venous and arterialized venous flaps. On the other hand, some studies evaluated the importance of different pedicle type s in prefabricated flaps. It was discovered by chance that a prefabric ated free flap, having arterial-only inflow, could be used successfull y in eyelid reconstruction. An experimental study on arterial flaps in rabbits showed that an arterial-only inflow was adequate for flap via bility until the establishment of venous neovascularization.