Shock wave therapy reduces necrotic flap zones and induces VEGF expression in animal epigastric skin flap model

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 231-235

  Meirer, Romed ^a,b   Brunner, Andrea ^c   Deibl, Martina ^a   Oehlbauer, Markus ^a,b   Piza Katzer, Hildegunde ^a,b   Kamelger, Florian S ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

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

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shock wave; Growth factors; Skin flap

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ABDOMEN; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT NECROSIS; GRAFT PERFUSION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SHOCK WAVE; SKIN FLAP;

ANIMALS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 34249941109     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-981506     Document Type: Article

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