Surgical Flaps - Blood supply
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The effect of dobutamine on blood flow of free tissue transfer flaps during head and neck reconstructive surgery*.

29 Sep 2009 SUMMARY: In view of the controversy over the use of inotropes in free tissue transfer surgery, we assessed the effect of different intra-operative dobutamine infusion rates on blood flow in the anastomosed recipient artery. Twenty patients ... Read more...

Conjunctival vasculature patterns influencing the filtering bleb shape following trabeculectomy with limbal-based conjunctival flaps.

6 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: To investigate the correlation between conjunctival vasculature factors and two types of functional bleb shape, cystic and diffuse, formed after trabeculectomy with limbal-based conjunctival flaps. METHODS: Eighty-five eyes of glaucoma ... Read more...

Oropharyngoplasty with template-based reconstruction of oropharynx defects.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine if oropharyngoplasty using a Gehanno technique of superior constrictor velopharyngoplasty, base of tongue mounding, and primary hypopharyngeal closure in combination with template-based revascularized free tissue transfer is ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Surgical Flaps - Blood supply'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Off-label use of becaplermin gel (recombinant platelet-derived growth factor-BB) for treatment of mucosal defects after corticocancellous bone graft: report of 2 cases with review of the literature. 30 Oct 2009
• The effect of dobutamine on blood flow of free tissue transfer flaps during head and neck reconstructive surgery*. 29 Sep 2009
• Conjunctival vasculature patterns influencing the filtering bleb shape following trabeculectomy with limbal-based conjunctival flaps. 6 Sep 2009
• Oropharyngoplasty with template-based reconstruction of oropharynx defects. 30 Aug 2009
• Oblique branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery also found in 32 percent of cadavers in Brazil. 30 Aug 2009
• The free gracilis perforator flap: is a perforator flap really indicated in the case of the gracilis flap? 30 Aug 2009
• Split-thickness skin flap technique for elevating the radial forearm flap. 30 Aug 2009
• Subfascial perforator dissection for DIEP flap harvest. 30 Aug 2009
• The venous anatomy of the anterior abdominal wall: an anatomical and clinical study. 30 Aug 2009
• The effect of adipose-derived stem cells on ischemia-reperfusion injury: immunohistochemical and ultrastructural evaluation. 30 Aug 2009
• Monitoring partial and full venous outflow compromise in a rabbit skin flap model. 30 Aug 2009
• Perforator flaps: recent experience, current trends, and future directions based on 3974 microsurgical breast reconstructions. 30 Aug 2009
• The retrograde limb of the internal mammary vein: an additional outflow option in DIEP flap breast reconstruction. 30 Aug 2009
• [Functional reconstruction of the superficial posterior compartment of the leg after tumour ablation in an infant] 15 Aug 2009
• [Ten years of hand transplantation experiment or routine?] 15 Aug 2009
• Anterolateral thigh perforator flap: varying perforator anatomy. 30 Jul 2009
• Fat necrosis in free DIEAP flaps: incidence, risk, and predictor factors. 30 Jul 2009
• The extended lower trapezius flap for the reconstruction of shoulder tip defects. 30 Jul 2009
• Comparison of effective use of implanted vascular pedicles for skin flap prefabrication: an experimental study. 30 Jul 2009
• Pedicled perforator flaps. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Surgical Flaps'

Definition: 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 also transferred to the new site. They are used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region. The concept includes pedicled flaps, rotation flaps, tube flaps, etc.

Descriptor UI: D013524

Alternative terms: Surgical Flaps; Surgical Flap; Island Flaps; Flap, Island; Flaps, Island; Island Flap; Flap, Surgical; Flaps, Surgical;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; microbiology; parasitology; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; virology; ethics; blood supply; immunology; innervation; pathology; physiology;

Tree Number: A10.850.710; E07.862.710;

History Note: 80

Technical Notes: includes skin & muscle tissue but do not specify site or tissue unless particularly discussed; do not coordinate with TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS