Comparison of the effectiveness of gene therapy with vascular endothelial growth factor or shock wave therapy to reduce ischaemic necrosis in an epigastric skin flap model in rats

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 266-271

  Meirer, R ^a,b   Huemer, G M ^a,b   Oehlbauer, M ^a,b   Wanner, S ^a   Piza Katzer, H ^a,b   Kamelger, F S ^a,b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Rat model; Shock wave; Skin flap

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FOLLOW UP; GANGRENE; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIRAL GENE THERAPY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSFECTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33846847548     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.12.050     Document Type: Article

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