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Prefabrication Of A Secondary Tram Flap., Geoffrey G. Hallock Md
Prefabrication Of A Secondary Tram Flap., Geoffrey G. Hallock Md
Department of Surgery
A secondary TRAM flap was prefabricated in a rat model using the rectus muscle. The right rectus muscle was elevated as an inferiorly pedicled muscle flap in one experimental group (n = 6) and as a superiorly pedicled muscle flap in a second group (n = 5) and then sandwiched between a silicone sheet and the abdominal skin. Two weeks later, the abdominal skin and attached rectus muscle were elevated over the silicone sheet as a secondary TRAM flap. The surviving skin paddle areas of these prefabricated TRAM flaps were compared with superiorly (n = 7) and inferiorly (n = …
Complications, Untoward Events, And Reality., Geoffrey G. Hallock Md
Complications, Untoward Events, And Reality., Geoffrey G. Hallock Md
Department of Surgery
The only surgeons who do not have deal with complications are those who do not operate.1