Preoperative cooling and warming of the donor site increase survival of skin flaps by the mechanism of ischaemic preconditioning: An experimental study in rats

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-167

  Salmi, Asko M ^a,b   Hong, Chull ^a   Futrell, J William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cooling; Flap survival; Ischaemic preconditioning; Rat; Warming

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DONOR SITE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; ISCHEMIA; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RAT; REPERFUSION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; SPINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUTURE; WARMING;

EID: 5844321507     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844319950159406     Document Type: Article

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