Beneficial effect of staged division of pedicle in experimental axial-pattern flaps.
Using an experimental model, the effect of a staged division of the pedicle of a flap on vascularization from its bed was studied. This delay procedure seemed to stimulate the ingrowth of a greater number and larger size of vessels--to enhance the blood flow from the bed with significantly greater tissue survival in the flap after complete division of the pedicle.
D000818:Animals; D006085:Graft Survival; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D051381:Rats; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous