Comparison of venous drainage in reverse-flow island flaps: An experimental study of the rabbit saphenous fasciocutaneous flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-181

  Chang, Shi Min ^a   Gu, Yu Dong ^b   Li, Ji Feng ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISLAND FLAP; LIMB; MICROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOURNIQUET; VEIN DILATATION; VEIN DRAINAGE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HINDLIMB; RABBITS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0043128816     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000058492.41316.BB     Document Type: Article

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