Electroporation of vascular endothelial growth factor gene in a unipedicle transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap reduces necrosis

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 242-246

  Rezende, Fernando C ^a   Gomes, Heitor C ^b   Lisboa, Bianca ^c   Lucca, Aldrein F ^a   Han, Sang W ^c   Ferreira, Lydia M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Division of Plastic Surgery   (Brazil)

^c CINTERGEN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Gene therapy; Necrosis; Surgical flaps; VEGF

Indexed keywords

VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A, RAT; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MALE; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RAT; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MALE; MAMMAPLASTY; MODELS, ANIMAL; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 77649098986     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318196cbe0     Document Type: Article

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