Axial pattern flaps in small animal practice.
Axial pattern flaps are pedicle grafts that incorporate a direct cutaneous artery and vein in their base. Axial pattern flaps have better circulation compared with pedicle grafts, whose circulation is derived from the subdermal plexus alone (subdermal plexus flaps). As a result, axial pattern flaps of considerable dimension have the potential for single-stage development and transfer to cover large cutaneous defects. Development and clinical application of the following axial pattern flaps is discussed in this article: the omocervical axial pattern flap, thoracodorsal axial pattern flap, brachial axial pattern flap, caudal superficial epigastric axial pattern. flap, deep circumflex iliac axial pattern flap (dorsal and ventral branches), and genicular axial pattern flap.
Small Animal Surgery, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts.
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D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000662:veterinary*