TY - JOUR
T1 - The importance of the pedicle for the survival of a vascularized free flap
T2 - An experimental study on rats
AU - Fried, Marvin P.
AU - Horowitz, Zeev
AU - Kelly, James H,
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - It has been assumed, but never shown experimentally, that the survival of a free vascularized full‐thickness island flap is based on the vascular pedicle. A study using the rat was designed to assess the three parameters of flap survival: the vascular pedicle, the recipient bed, and the perimeter of the recipient area. Isolation of the pedicle by ligation caused flap necrosis in 18 out of the 20 groin flaps. An intact pedicle, with the other two parameters excluded, led to flap survival in 75% (9 of 12 flaps). Our results indicate that the critical factor to island flap survival in the immediate postoperative period is the vasculature supplying the pedicle. The two other factors are of limited importance.
AB - It has been assumed, but never shown experimentally, that the survival of a free vascularized full‐thickness island flap is based on the vascular pedicle. A study using the rat was designed to assess the three parameters of flap survival: the vascular pedicle, the recipient bed, and the perimeter of the recipient area. Isolation of the pedicle by ligation caused flap necrosis in 18 out of the 20 groin flaps. An intact pedicle, with the other two parameters excluded, led to flap survival in 75% (9 of 12 flaps). Our results indicate that the critical factor to island flap survival in the immediate postoperative period is the vasculature supplying the pedicle. The two other factors are of limited importance.
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U2 - 10.1002/hed.2890050208
DO - 10.1002/hed.2890050208
M3 - Article
C2 - 7169332
AN - SCOPUS:0020314560
VL - 5
SP - 130
EP - 133
JO - Head and Neck Surgery
JF - Head and Neck Surgery
SN - 0148-6403
IS - 2
ER -