The effect of cigarette smoking on the survival of free vascularized and pedicled epigastric flaps in the rat

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 86-96

  Van Adrichem, Léon N A ^a,b   Hoegen, Ruud ^a   Hovius, Steven E R ^a   Kort, W J ^a   Van Strik, R ^a   Vuzevski, V D ^a   Van Der Meulen, J C ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOMETRY; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COTININE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NICOTINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0030034810     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199601000-00015     Document Type: Article

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