Mixed Arterio-Venous Insufficiency in Random Skin Flaps in the Rat: Is the Application of Medicinal Leeches Beneficial?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-91

  Schlaudraff, Kai Uwe ^a   Bezzola, Thierry ^a   Montandon, Denys ^a   Pepper, Michael S ^b,c   Pittet, Brigitte ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Netcare Unitas Hospital   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

arterio venous insufficiency; bloodletting; Hirudo medicinalis; ischemia; skin blood supply; skin pathology; venous congestion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEECHING; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN FLAP; SURVIVAL RATE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 53249140677     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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