title: Axial pattern skin flaps in cats.
abstract: The major direct cutaneous vessels identified in the cat include the omocervical, thoracodorsal, deep circumflex iliac, and caudal superficial epigastric arteries. Axial pattern skin flaps based on the thoracodorsal and caudal superficial epigastric arteries have been developed in cats. Rotation of these flaps as islands allows skin coverage to the carpus and metatarsus, respectively. The thoracodorsal and caudal superficial epigastric flaps provide a practical, one-step option in the reconstruction of large skin defects involving the distal extremities of cats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Anesthesiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Remedios
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fowler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*