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The superficial inferior epigastric artery fascia flap in the rabbit

✍ Scribed by Goetz A. Giessler; Patricia F. Friedrich; Richard H. Shin; Allen T. Bishop

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 245 KB
Volume: 27
Category: Article
ISSN: 0738-1085
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20413

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Abstract

In reconstructive surgery, fascial flaps provide thin, pliable tissue for mucosal closure or serve as a highly vascularized support for skin grafts. Their angiogenic potential is used for experimental neovascularization of avascular tissue grafts. However, most fascial flaps in animal surgery have random pattern design with short reach. As a pilot study for a femur revascularization project in rabbits, a new axial fascial flap is described based on the superficial inferior epigastric (SIE) vessels. They were used in this species previously only as ligated bundles or in fasciocutaneous flaps. The topographical anatomy of the SIE‐vessels, lower abdominal fascia, and panniculus carnosus are outlined. The angiogenic capabilities are demonstrated microangiographically by abundant vessel formation in a femur allograft. Used in a pedicled fashion, this flap is an alternative to femoral and saphenous vessels for prefabrication or revascularization procedures in the lower abdomen, genital area, and thigh. Distant recipient sites seem possible with microsurgical transfer. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. Microsurgery, 2007.

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