Remote ischemic preconditioning of flaps
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Markus V. KΓΌntscher; Bernd Hartmann; GΓΌnter Germann
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Ischemic preconditioning (IP) is defined as a brief period of ischemia ("preclamping") followed by tissue reperfusion, thereby increasing ischemic tolerance for a subsequent longer ischemic period. Several studies showed the effectiveness of classic local IP by preclamping the flap pedicle. There ar