Delay in neurovenous flaps - Experimental and clinical experience

Karacalar A., Idil O., Demir A., Guneren E., Simsek T., Ozcan M.

ANNALS OF PLASTIC SURGERY, vol.53, no.5, pp.481-487, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 53 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/01.sap.0000137246.76119.79
  • Journal Name: ANNALS OF PLASTIC SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.481-487
  • Keywords: delay, neurovenous flap, sural flap, tissue defect, BLOOD-FLOW, SKIN FLAPS, RAT
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the effects of the standard surgical delay in the flaps based on the cutaneous branches of the vascular axis around a superficial sensory nerve. The delay procedure was experimentally tested in rats and subsequently used in patients.