Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in viability of a random skin flap in nicotine-treated rats

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 670-672

  Russo, Claudia Regina Abrantes ^a   Leite, Mauro Teixeira ^a   Gomes, Heitor Carvalho ^a   Ferreira, Lydia Masako ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nicotine; Random flaps; Rats; TENS

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN FLAP; SKIN NECROSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; MALE; NECROSIS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE SURVIVAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 33751347787     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000235503.74038.a9     Document Type: Article

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