Effect of high frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on viability of random skin flap in rats1

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 133-138

  Liebano, Richard Eloin ^a,b   Abla, Luiz Eduardo Felipe ^a   Ferreira, Lydia Masako ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b the Surgery Department   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Rats; Surgical Flaps; Tissue Survival; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; MALE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 33744927654     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-86502006000300003     Document Type: Article

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