Prevention of partial flap necrosis has recently concentrated on extending the safe
length of a flap by ligating vessels of known territories rather than dividing vessels
randomly by elevating the flap. To further develop this we decided to:
- 1.investigate the vascular anatomy of the rabbit torso and establish a skin flap model with four adjacent vascular territories.
- 2.test the possibility and efficiency of percutaneous desiccation of the perforators with RF (radiofrequency) for transfer of vascular territories.
- 3.reveal the least invasive surgical strategy for angiosome transfer
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