title: Free flap transfer in rabbits using irradiated recipient vessels.
abstract: In rabbits free flaps anastomsed to irradiated vessels have about a 50:50 chance of survival.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D011833:Radiation Injuries, Experimental; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*