title: A new experimental model of a true myocutaneous flap in the rat: the gluteus maximus myocutaneous flap.
abstract: Rat myocutaneous flap models are relatively rare. The authors describe the development of a new myocutaneous flap model using the gluteus muscle in rats. A description of the anatomy of the gluteus maximus is included, along with a method of producing skin-island gluteus maximus myocutaneous flaps that can be pedicled or free. This flap model may serve as a useful tool in laboratory studies of the physiologic or pathologic changes in myocutaneous flaps, and may help to narrow the gap between experimental and clinical applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Kagawa Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Battal
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: Matsuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawazoe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nago
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006614:Hindlimb; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*