How soon may the axial vessels of a surviving free flap be safely ligated: a study in pigs.

Authors :: Black MJ
Chait L
O'Brien BM
Sykes PJ
Sharzer LA
Source :: British journal of plastic surgery [Br J Plast Surg] 1978 Oct; Vol. 31 (4), pp. 295-9.
Publication Year :: 1978
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.

Subjects :: Animals
Ligation
Microcirculation
Necrosis
Skin blood supply
Swine
Time Factors
Transplantation, Autologous
Graft Survival
Skin Transplantation

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