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An axial-pattern skin flap in the rat. 1998

M O Yenidunya, and T Tsukagoshi, and D Morioka, and Y Hosaka

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

An axial-pattern rat skin flap based on the caudal femoral artery is described with orthotopic and heterotopic island flap transfers. Free-tissue transfers could also be carried out based on the common femoral artery. Since the pedicle is very small, instead of selective dye injection, a nonselective dye injection was utilized, elevating a very large island skin flap based on the caudal femoral artery. This flap model can provide an alternative opportunity to study the physiology of skin flaps and for training in the basic principles of plastic surgery, including microsurgical practice, with a more challenging model.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D012039	Regional Blood Flow	The flow of BLOOD through or around an organ or region of the body.	Blood Flow, Regional,Blood Flows, Regional,Flow, Regional Blood,Flows, Regional Blood,Regional Blood Flows
D004195	Disease Models, Animal	Naturally-occurring or experimentally-induced animal diseases with pathological processes analogous to human diseases.	Animal Disease Model,Animal Disease Models,Disease Model, Animal
D005263	Femoral Artery	The main artery of the thigh, a continuation of the external iliac artery.	Common Femoral Artery,Arteries, Common Femoral,Arteries, Femoral,Artery, Common Femoral,Artery, Femoral,Common Femoral Arteries,Femoral Arteries,Femoral Arteries, Common,Femoral Artery, Common
D000714	Anastomosis, Surgical	Surgical union or shunt between ducts, tubes or vessels. It may be end-to-end, end-to-side, side-to-end, or side-to-side.	Surgical Anastomosis,Anastomoses, Surgical,Surgical Anastomoses
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013524	Surgical Flaps	Tongues of skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes including muscle, cut away from the underlying parts but often still attached at one end. They retain their own microvasculature which is also transferred to the new site. They are often used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region.	Island Flap,Island Flaps,Flap, Surgical,Flaps, Surgical,Pedicled Flap,Surgical Flap,Flap, Island,Flap, Pedicled,Flaps, Island,Flaps, Pedicled,Pedicled Flaps
D051381	Rats	The common name for the genus Rattus.	Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus
D062109	Dermatologic Surgical Procedures	Operative procedures performed on the SKIN.	Cutaneous Surgery,Cutaneous Surgical Procedures,Dermatologic Surgery,Skin Surgery,Cutaneous Surgeries,Cutaneous Surgical Procedure,Dermatologic Surgeries,Dermatologic Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Cutaneous Surgical,Procedure, Dermatologic Surgical,Procedures, Cutaneous Surgical,Procedures, Dermatologic Surgical,Skin Surgeries,Surgeries, Cutaneous,Surgeries, Dermatologic,Surgeries, Skin,Surgery, Cutaneous,Surgery, Dermatologic,Surgery, Skin,Surgical Procedure, Cutaneous,Surgical Procedure, Dermatologic,Surgical Procedures, Cutaneous,Surgical Procedures, Dermatologic