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Vascular patterns of non‐physiologic flaps
Author(s) -
Chen ErYu,
Chen XinMin,
Song ShouLi,
Li ShiRong
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.980030206
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , revascularization , venous return curve , venous blood , venous hypertension , lower limbs venous ultrasonography , vein , cardiology , hemodynamics , myocardial infarction
In order to improve the survival of non‐physiologic flaps, the morphologic changes of the vessels that provide the circulation were studied in 178 rats by translucent, radiologic, and histologic methods. The flaps were divided into five groups: normal, simple venous, arterialized venous, simple arterial, and devascularized flaps. The differences of the survival area ratios among the normal, simple venous, and arterialized venous flaps were not statistically significant, and the revascularization of the flaps of these three groups was similar. Therefore, simple venous and arterialized venous flaps may be used in clinical practice. The arterial revascularization of the simple venous and arterialized venous flaps started on the fifth postoperative day, after which a normal circulation was reestablished. On the first postoperative day, the arterialized venous flap was nourished by the arterial blood passing through the anastomosed venous system in the flap. Before the fifth postoperative day in the simple venous flap, and by the third day in the arterialized venous flap, arteries have not been demonstrated but the veins appear distended. It is fair to assume that a true plasmatic circulation was present at this stage. The obstruction of the anastomosed segments of vessels in the arterialized venous flap group may permit a reduction of the edema and cyanosis of the flap.