title: Single pedicle microvascular transfers of the serratus anterior and latissimus dorsi muscles in rats.
abstract: In the rat, the serratus anterior and latissimus dorsi muscles receive axial vascular pedicles from the thoracodorsal artery. This anatomy was confirmed by dissections, and 10 microvascular transfers of the latissimus-serratus flap on a common pedicle were performed with a 90% success rate. The flaps had an average weight of 1.8 g. This flap is a reliable small animal model for microvascular muscle transplants and contains sufficient tissue to be used in multiple biochemical assays.
authors.affiliation: Microsurgical Replantation Transplantation Department, Davies Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94114.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Briones
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lineaweaver
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Newlin
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Whitney
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Buncke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation; D009132:Muscles / Q000098:blood supply*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013524:Surgical Flaps