title: A new free flap model in the rat: the pectoralis major muscle.
abstract: We have designed a rat pectoralis muscle free flap transplant at the level of the pubis. The first choice of arterial pedicle was the thoraco-acromial artery at the level of its branching from the axillary artery. The venous pedicle was the thoraco-acrominal vein. This first technique was attempted on six rats with several failures due to the small diameter of the axillary artery. For this reason, we were obliged to use the axillary vessels. This new technique was performed in 10 rats with positive results in nine cases. The new transplantation of the pectoralis major muscle flap with nerve may be attempted.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Microchirurgie, Ecole de Chirurgie, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris (APHP), 17, Rue du Fer à Moulin, Paris, France. brunelliale@yahoo.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brunelli
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lagagneux
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vignes
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Bottini
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000601:surgery; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation / Q000637:transplantation*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation; D013536:Suture Techniques; D017211:Treatment Failure