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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 = …
The Rat Tram Flap: A Human Analogue?, Geoffrey G. Hallock Md
The Rat Tram Flap: A Human Analogue?, Geoffrey G. Hallock Md
Department of Surgery
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