Effect of vascular delay on viability, vasculature, and perfusion of muscle flaps in the rabbit

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1041-1047

  Morris, Steven F ^a,b   Yang, Daping ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD OXIDE; RADIOACTIVE MICROSPHERE; TETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE NECROSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0032877314     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199909020-00023     Document Type: Article

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