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Title:

Intraoral coverage of defects with the superficial epigastric fat flap in rats.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Mücke, T; Hölzle, F; Loeffelbein, DJ; Haarmann, S; Becker, K; Wolff, KD; Kesting, MR
Abstract:
The standard superficial epigastric artery flap has become a reliable model for flap research. The purpose of this study was to design a flap model in the rat, with the possibility of intraoral coverage of defects. A fat flap based only on the medial trunk of the superficial epigastric vessels was generated, raised to the neck, and used for the coverage of a created intraoral defect in 28 Sprague-Dawley rats. Twenty-five epigastric flaps were raised and anastomosed to the neck, and three flaps w...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Microsurgery
Year:
2008
Journal volume:
28
Journal issue:
7
Pages contribution:
538-45
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1002/micr.20539
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18683870
Print-ISSN:
0738-1085
TUM Institution:
Institut für Allgemeine Pathologie und Pathologische Anatomie; Klinik und Poliklinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie
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