title: Microneurovascular anatomy of the peroneus brevis muscle in the NZW-rabbit: a new model for free functional muscle transplantation.
abstract: This study introduces the peroneus brevis muscle of the NZW-rabbit as a new model for free functional muscle transplantation. The muscle originates from the lateral aspect of the knee joint and inserts on the 5th metatarsal with a circumscript tendon. It can be harvested with a 7 cm long motor nerve branch. In a series of 22 animals divided in two groups with a body weight of 3.19 +/- 0.30 kg and 4.81 +/- 0.38 kg respectively, vessel diameter of the supplying artery was found to be 0.3-0.35 mm in group one and 0.40-0.45 mm in group two, the two concomitant veins were 1.1-1.4 mm in diameter in the first group and 1.2-1.6 mm in the second group. Histomorphometric analysis stained with NADH showed 3.67 +/- 3.21% type I fibers, 25.41 +/- 7.87% type IIa fibers, and 70.93 +/- 9.12% type IIb/d fibers.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. werner.haslik@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Haslik
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rab
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grünbeck
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000502:physiology*; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation / Q000637:transplantation; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D010502:Perineum; D011817:Rabbits