Secondary ischaemia in experimental free flaps - Treatment by long acting prostacyclin analogues

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 392-398

  Frick, A ^a   Baumeister, Ruediger G H ^a   Menger, Michael D ^a,b   Vollmar, Brigitte ^a,b   Wohllaib, Ulrich ^a   Wiebecke, Baldur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cisaprost; Experimental rat groin flaps; Iloprost; Microvascular free flap; Prostacyclin analogues; Secondary ischaemia; Venous occlusion

Indexed keywords

CICAPROST; DEXTRAN; ILOPROST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE NECROSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0033166691     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1999.3133     Document Type: Article

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