FLAP PREFABRICATION USING AN EXTERIORISED VASCULAR PEDICLE IN A RABBIT EAR MODEL

Authors
DUFFY FJ PRIBAZ JJ HERGRUETER CA MAITZ PKM
Citation
Fj. Duffy et al., FLAP PREFABRICATION USING AN EXTERIORISED VASCULAR PEDICLE IN A RABBIT EAR MODEL, British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 46(4), 1993, pp. 279-284
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
British Journal of Plastic Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071226
Volume
46
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
279 - 284
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1226(1993)46:4<279:FPUAEV>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We have developed a new model of thin flap prefabrication in the rabbi t with an exteriorised vascular pedicle in a skin tube. Study of these prefabricated flaps after transfer demonstrated that distal flap surv ival improved as the interval between implantation and flap transfer i ncreased. Exteriorising the pedicle minimises both donor deformity and pedicle trauma and allows easier experimental study of the neovascula risation process in flap prefabrication.