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Research Article| Volume 40, ISSUE 2, P149-154, March 1987

Island flaps with an exclusively venous pedicle. A report of eleven cases and a preliminary haemodynamic study

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0007-1226(87)90187-1
Island flaps with an exclusively venous pedicle. A report of eleven cases and a preliminary haemodynamic study
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      Abstract

      Eleven cases are reported of island flaps containing only venous pedicles. All but two survived completely without arterial input and all the successful cases were on the extremities. The possible reasons for this are discussed.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0007-1226(87)90187-1

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      © 1987 The Trustees of British Association of Plastic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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