TY - JOUR
T1 - A chimeric flap model in dogs
AU - Zang, Mengqing
AU - Yu, Peirong
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Prelamination is sometimes required for reconstruction of specialized organs. The purpose of this study was to create a chimeric flap model in dogs for prelamination. The anatomy of the deep and superficial caudal epigastric vessels, which supply the rectus abdominis muscle and superficial ventral fascia, respectively, were measured in 14 dogs. Their lengths were ~30 mm with the arteries averaging 1.4 mm and veins, 2.5 mm in diameter. These vessels shared a 10-mm-long common trunk with the artery averaging 2 mm and the vein, 3.2 mm in diameter. Chimeric flaps were successfully raised in six dogs based on the common vascular trunk, and they remained well perfused 3 weeks after prelamination. The perfusion territory of the abdominal skin measured 25 cm long and 10 cm wide with methylene blue injection. This study suggests that the caudal epigastric system can be a suitable chimeric flap model in dogs.
AB - Prelamination is sometimes required for reconstruction of specialized organs. The purpose of this study was to create a chimeric flap model in dogs for prelamination. The anatomy of the deep and superficial caudal epigastric vessels, which supply the rectus abdominis muscle and superficial ventral fascia, respectively, were measured in 14 dogs. Their lengths were ~30 mm with the arteries averaging 1.4 mm and veins, 2.5 mm in diameter. These vessels shared a 10-mm-long common trunk with the artery averaging 2 mm and the vein, 3.2 mm in diameter. Chimeric flaps were successfully raised in six dogs based on the common vascular trunk, and they remained well perfused 3 weeks after prelamination. The perfusion territory of the abdominal skin measured 25 cm long and 10 cm wide with methylene blue injection. This study suggests that the caudal epigastric system can be a suitable chimeric flap model in dogs.
KW - Prelamination
KW - caudal epigastric artery and vein
KW - chimeric flaps
KW - pudendoepigastric artery and venous trunk
KW - tracheal reconstruction
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U2 - 10.1055/s-0030-1270530
DO - 10.1055/s-0030-1270530
M3 - Article
C2 - 21181623
AN - SCOPUS:79952317551
SN - 0743-684X
VL - 27
SP - 163
EP - 168
JO - Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
JF - Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
IS - 3
ER -