An extended dorsal island skin flap with multiple vascular territories in the rat: A new skin flap model

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 164-170

  Yang, Daping ^a   Morris, Steven F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Surgical flap; Vascular territory; Vasculature; Viability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC CREST; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN ISLAND FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0033459555     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1999.5760     Document Type: Article

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