Comparison of different managements of large superficial veins in distally based fasciocutaneous flaps with a veno-neuro-adipofascial pedicle: An experimental study using a rabbit model

Microsurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 555-560

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

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN LIGATION; VENONEUROADIPOFASCIAL PEDICLE;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROBABILITY; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0346368165     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.10211     Document Type: Article

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