title: [Observations of blood circulation disturbance in random skin flap].
abstract: Thirty-nine rats were used to study the mechanism of random flap necrosis. A random flap (3 cm x 9 cm) created on the back of each rat was observed with naked eye, microscope, skin thermometer and laser Doppler flowmeter. The average surviving length of the flap was 4.69 +/- 0.47 cm. We found that the following observations indicated circulation disturbance in the "shock flap": After surgery, the color of the flap became dark; skin temperature kept falling; when the room temperature was about 20 degrees C, the flap temperature was below 28.5-29.0 degrees C; at one hour postoperation, LDF value decreased more than 50%; microcirculation of the flap stagnated without recovery. We conclude that necrosis of the flap can be fully predicted.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply*; D012881:Skin Temperature; D013524:Surgical Flaps