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J Reconstr Microsurg 1987; 3(3): 269-273
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1006994
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

© 1987 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

A Training Model for the Stereomicroscopic Evaluation of Flap Survival

Lilly Chen1 , Alice Harper2 , Donald L. Ballantyne2 , Jir Smahel3
  • 1 Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
  • 2The Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY
  • 3The Reconstructive Surgery Clinic, Research Section, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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Accepted for publication 1986

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08 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

The stereomicroscopic appearance of the vasculature and circulation of groin flaps, with their epigastric pedicles divided at various time intervals, is an early diagnostic indication of flap viability. A simple and comprehensive training model, with characteristic vascular and flow changes within a single flap, is provided in rats, with pedicles transected at three to four days after the flap is raised.