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Abstract
Musculocutaneous pedicled venous flaps on the dorsum of rats survived at a statistically significantly higher rate than musculocutaneous composite grafts (p<0.01). With a Silastic® sheet (Dow Corning) beneath, both composite grafts and pedicled venous flaps necrosed. When a Silastic® sheet with holes in it to allow some revascularisation from the bed was placed beneath, the survival rate was significantly better than with a complete Silastic® sheet (p<0.01). These results demonstrate that pedicled venous flap survival depends both on the draining vein, and revascularisation from the underlying bed.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
September 21,
1992
Received:
February 11,
1992
Footnotes
Presented at the Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, September 1990, Toronto.
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© 1993 The British Association of Plastic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
