A model for monitoring nerve blood flow during expansion by laser Doppler flowmetry in the rabbit.
A new model is described for monitoring nerve blood flow during expansion by laser Doppler flowmetry. Rabbit sciatic nerve is gradually expanded with a custom-made spherical expander, while nerve blood flow is monitored by laser Doppler flow output. This model provides a valid method of controlling nerve blood flow during expansion.
van der Wey
L P
LP
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Polder
T W
TW
Hoogbergen
M M
MM
Spauwen
P H
PH
D000818:Animals; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011817:Rabbits; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000098:blood supply*; D015626:Tissue Expansion; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices