title: A training model for the stereomicroscopic evaluation of flap survival.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006085:Graft Survival; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D013524:Surgical Flaps