A new experimental model: The vascular pedicled cutaneous flap over the mid-dorsum of the rat

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 495-499

  Ahmed, Syed S ^a   Pierce, J ^a   Reid, Marjorie ^a   Grant Thomson, J ^a   Restifo, Richard J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACK; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0030838332     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199711000-00009     Document Type: Article

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