Summary
Prefabrication can be used to produce capsular flaps; other researchers have confirmed
the feasibility of such flaps.
Before the possibilities of capsular flaps can be explored, a reliable method to create
these flaps has to be established first.
Methods
To produce capsular flaps in a rat model, the femoral vascular bundle was sandwiched
between two silicone sheets. Three different methods were used and described. The
capsule that formed between the two silicone sheets receives its main blood supply
from that vascular pedicle. In this way pedicled capsular flaps were created. These
flaps were used as a carrier for a skin graft, thus pre-laminating them, to test their
ability for reconstructive surgery.
The results of the three different methods of creating capsular flaps in a rat model
were described and their results were evaluated. Especially the amount of capsule
formation and the viability of the skin grafts was observed and compared.
The feasibility of pre-laminated capsular flaps is confirmed and the most reliable
method of creating them is described.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: July 10, 2006
Accepted:
May 9,
2006
Received:
January 18,
2006
Footnotes
☆Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Dutch Society for Plastic Surgery in The Hague, The Netherlands, in April 2004.
☆Presented at the Annual meeting of the German Society for Plastic Surgery in Dusseldorf, Germany, in September 2004.
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© 2006 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
