title: Galea and periosteum flap filled with bone fragments in rabbits.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the bone viability of a vascularized galea and periosteum flap filled with bone fragments, as a substitute of the bone graft in facial reconstructive surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty rabbits were studied, and divided in two groups. One had a simple galea and periosteum flap done and the other had the same flap done and filled with bone fragments of the calvaria. The bone formation was evaluated by radiographies, macroscopic and microscopic analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The bone neoformation in both groups with differences in bone morphology and structure especially at histological analysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study demonstrated osseous formation in both groups of galea and periosteum flaps, with and without bone fragments.
authors.affiliation: Medical School of Botucatu, UNESP, Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil. rybrock@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Ryane Schmidt
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Brock
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Viterbo
authors.forename: Guilherme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capel
authors.forename: Maria Aparecida Custodio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Domingues
authors.forename: Eloísa Elena
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Paschoalinotte
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Labbé
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D010012:Osteogenesis; D010521:Periosteum / Q000637:transplantation*; D011817:Rabbits; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D018786:Bone Substitutes