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J Reconstr Microsurg 1997; 13(4): 251-255
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000232
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

© 1997 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

A New Experimental Model of a True Myocutaneous Flap in the Rat: The Gluteus Maximus Myocutaneous Flap

Mehmet Nuri Battal, Yuiro Hata, Kazunori Matsuka, Osamu Ito, Hideroni Matsuda, Yukako Yoshida, Takeshi Kawazoe, Miki Nago
  • Department of Plastic Surgery, Kagawa Medical School, Japan
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Accepted for publication 1996

Publication Date:
08 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Rat myocutaneous flap models are relatively rare. The authors describe the development of a new myocutaneous flap model using the gluteus maximus muscle in rats. A description of the anatomy of the gluteus maximus is included, along with a method of producing skin-island gluteus maximus myocutaneous flaps that can be pedicled or free. This flap model may serve as a useful tool in laboratory studies of the physiologic or pathologic changes in myocutaneous flaps, and may help to narrow the gap between experimental and clinical applications.