The role of the large superficial vein in survival of proximally based versus distally based sural veno-neuro-fasciocutaneous flaps in a rabbit model

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 213-218

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

^a Tongji Hospital Tongji University ^*

^b TONGJI HOSPITAL OF TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; NONHUMAN; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERFICIAL SUBCUTANEOUS VEIN; SURAL VENONEUROFASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN LIGATION; VENONEUROADIPOFASCIAL PEDICLE FLAP; VENOUS REFLUX;

ANIMALS; FASCIA; HINDLIMB; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 13244262624     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000138255.89687.F4     Document Type: Article

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