Pectoralis major myocutaneous flaps in rats.
A new neurovascular, island, myocutaneous flap, including the pectoralis major, was created in a rat model. This model is useful for the observation of muscle degeneration and skin changes due to ischemia or denervation. Although this model requires a delay procedure, it allows the flap, that can be used as a free myocutaneous flap, to be raised reliably.
Matsuda
H
H
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kagawa Medical School, Japan.
Hata
Y
Y
Matsuka
K
K
Ito
O
O
Furuichi
H
H
Yoshida
Y
Y
Ishizu
N
N
Konstantinos
A
A
D000818:Animals; D003714:Denervation; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006085:Graft Survival; D007511:Ischemia / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation / Q000637:transplantation*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000473:pathology; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods* / Q000473:pathology; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery