title: Pectoralis major myocutaneous flaps in rats.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kagawa Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuka
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furuichi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishizu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Konstantinos
mesh_terms: 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