Extracorporal shock wave may enhance skin flap survival in an animal model

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-57

  Meirer, Romed ^a,b   Kamelger, F S ^a   Huemer, G M ^a   Wanner, S ^a   Piza Katzer, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Flap survival; Shock wave

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN SURFACE; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMALS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 11844304341     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.04.027     Document Type: Article

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