title: The pedicled venous flap. An experimental study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tamai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mii
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mine
mesh_terms: 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