THE VENOUS ISLAND FLAP - IS IT PURELY VENOUS

Authors
SHALABY HA SAAD MA
Citation
Ha. Shalaby et Ma. Saad, THE VENOUS ISLAND FLAP - IS IT PURELY VENOUS, British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 46(4), 1993, pp. 285-287
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
285 - 287
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1226(1993)46:4<285:TVIF-I>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Histological study of the pedicles of long and short saphenous and cep halic venous flaps in fresh human cadavers and two clinical cases show ed that one or two arterioles and multiple capillaries were present in the perivenous areolar tissue. This challenges the concept that these flaps are purely venous.