Island flaps with an exclusively venous pedicle. A report of eleven cases and a preliminary haemodynamic study.

Authors :: Chavoin JP
Rouge D
Vachaud M
Boccalon H
Costagliola M
Source :: British journal of plastic surgery [Br J Plast Surg] 1987 Mar; Vol. 40 (2), pp. 149-54.
Publication Year :: 1987
Abstract: Eleven cases are reported of island flaps containing only venous pedicles. All but two survived completely without arterial input and all the successful cases were on the extremities. The possible reasons for this are discussed.

Subjects :: Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Capillaries
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Necrosis
Skin blood supply
Skin pathology
Hemodynamics
Surgical Flaps

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