Generation of an autologous tissue (matrix) flap by combining an arteriovenous shunt loop with artificial skin in rats: Preliminary report

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-57

  Tanaka, Y ^a,b   Tsutsumi, A ^b   Crowe, D M ^a   Tajima, S ^b   Morrison, W A ^a,c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c O'Brien Institute of Microsurgery   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Arteriovenous shunt; Prefabrication tissue engineering; Tissue flap

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HISTOLOGY; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN FLAP; TISSUE FLAP;

EID: 0033978152     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1999.3186     Document Type: Article

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