Bridge method of skin-flap delay

Necrosis, a catastrophic complication of skin-falp use, is due to inadequate capillary blood flow. Delay procedures, which are based on newer information regarding skin vasculature and delay dynamics, can augment surviving-flap length. A delay procedure that used multiple skin bridges was studied in...

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Published inArchives of otolaryngology (1960) Vol. 103; no. 1; p. 26
Main Authors Toomey, J M, O'Neill, J V, Snyder, G G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.1977
Subjects
Animals
Blood Vessels - physiology
Necrosis - etiology
Skin - blood supply
Skin Physiological Phenomena
Skin Transplantation
Swine
Transplantation, Autologous
Wound Healing
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Summary:Necrosis, a catastrophic complication of skin-falp use, is due to inadequate capillary blood flow. Delay procedures, which are based on newer information regarding skin vasculature and delay dynamics, can augment surviving-flap length. A delay procedure that used multiple skin bridges was studied in 121 flaps in 21 pigs. The result was a considerably greater amount of length augmentation than has previously been reported. This enhanced effect is related to a combination of nearly maximal sympathectomy in a highly ischemic, surgically defined experimental flap.
ISSN:0003-9977
DOI:10.1001/archotol.1977.00780180064006