Efficacy of venous supercharging of the deep inferior epigastric perforator flap in a rat model

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 551-555

  Hallock, Geoffrey G ^a,b   Rice, David C ^a,b  

^a Lehigh Valley Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MALE; MODEL; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NONHUMAN; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 23044458152     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000172889.62564.e1     Document Type: Article

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