A new experimental model of a true myocutaneous flap in the rat: the gluteus maximus myocutaneous flap.
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.
Battal
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MN
Department of Plastic Surgery, Kagawa Medical School, Japan.
Hata
Y
Y
Matsuka
K
K
Ito
O
O
Matsuda
H
H
Yoshida
Y
Y
Kawazoe
T
T
Nago
M
M
D000818:Animals; D006614:Hindlimb; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*