J Reconstr Microsurg 1986; 3(1): 27-28
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1007034
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

© 1986 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Autocannibalization of Sensate and Denervated Rat Groin Flaps

Han-Liang Yu, Amiram Sagi, Michael J.V. Gordon, Michael Ferder, Berish Strauch
  • Microsurgery Laboratory, Division of Plastic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York Drs. Yu and Sagi are Jacques Maliniac Fellows in Microvascular Surgery in the Microsurgery Laboratory
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Publication History

Accepted for publication 1986

Publication Date:
08 March 2008 (online)

ABSTRACT

The extent to which rats self-mutilate was studied in 30 Sprague-Dawley rats. The experiment tested unilateral and bilateral sensate and denervated groin flaps, with statistically significant results obtained between the bilateral groups.

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