How soon may the axial vessels of a surviving free flap be safely ligated: a study in pigs.
Br J Plast Surg, 1978/10;31(4):295-9.
Black MJ, Chait L, O'Brien BM, Sykes PJ, Sharzer LA
PMID: 361130
Abstract
The supplying vessels of microvascular free flaps in pigs were ligated at various intervals after transfer in order to study the revascularisation from the recipient bed. At 8 days of later survival occurred. Earlier, although necrosis was not inevitable, the results were unpredictable.
MeSH terms
Animals; Graft Survival; Ligation; Microcirculation; Necrosis; Skin; Skin Transplantation; Swine; Time Factors; Transplantation, Autologous
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