A training model for the stereomicroscopic evaluation of flap survival.
The stereomicroscopic appearance of the vasculature and circulation of groin flaps, with their epigastric pedicles divided at various time intervals, is an early diagnostic indication of flap viability. A simple and comprehensive training model, with characteristic vascular and flow changes within a single flap, is provided in rats, with pedicles transected at three to four days after the flap is raised.
D000818:Animals; D006085:Graft Survival; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D013524:Surgical Flaps