Effect of proteins depletion on the surviving length in experimental skin flaps.
Protein depletion appears to augment, rather than decrease, the length of a skin flap surviving in rats. We were able to document a lowering of serum viscosity in these animals. The augmentation of flap survival produced by protein depletion may even be greater than that produced by the delay phenomenon. A reduction in the total weight of flaps is present in the protein-depleted animals, and this may contribute to the augmentation of flap survival in them.
D000818:Animals; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006085:Graft Survival; D009929:Organ Size; D011488:Protein Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D012867:Skin / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000098:blood supply; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
D004044:Dietary Proteins