The pedicled venous flap. An experimental study.
Musculocutaneous pedicled venous flaps on the dorsum of rats survived at a statistically significantly higher rate than musculocutaneous composite grafts (p < 0.01). With a Silastic sheet (Dow Corning) beneath, both composite grafts and pedicled venous flaps necrosed. When a Silastic sheet with holes in it to allow some revascularisation from the bed was placed beneath, the survival rate was significantly better than with a complete Silastic sheet (p < 0.01). These results demonstrate that pedicled venous flap survival depends both on the draining vein, and revascularisation from the underlying bed.
Fukui
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Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Japan.
Tamai
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S
Maeda
M
M
Inada
Y
Y
Mii
Y
Y
Mine
T
T
D000818:Animals; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000502:physiology; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000503:physiopathology; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D014680:Veins