The effect of twisting on perforator flap viability: An experimental study in rats

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 186-189

  Demir, Ahmet ^a   Acar, Murat ^a   Yildiz, Levent ^a   Karacalar, Ahmet ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pedicle twisting; True perforator flap

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOGENESIS; TORSION; WEIGHT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURGICAL FLAPS; TORSION;

EID: 33645062659     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000196561.92828.d7     Document Type: Article

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