The Optimal Period of the Pedicles Implantation for the Patent Vasculature in the Prefabricated Periosteofascial Flap through the Vascular Pedicles Transfer.

Kim, Seo Hyun; Kim, Sang Bum; Lee, Byung Il

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Original Article

Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2005;32(3):319-326.
Published online May 1, 2005.

The Optimal Period of the Pedicles Implantation for the Patent Vasculature in the Prefabricated Periosteofascial Flap through the Vascular Pedicles Transfer.

Seo Hyun Kim, Sang Bum Kim, Byung Il Lee

Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. guro@korea.ac.kr

Abstract

This study was designed to investigate the optimal period of pedicles implantation in the prefabricated periosteofascial flap using a vascular tissue transfer. Flap prefabrication was prepared with a transposition of the central pedicles of right auricle on the calvarium of the New Zealand white rabbit. Thirty flaps were divided into five groups of six flaps, including control group (group I) of the conventional periosteofascial flap based on the right lateral border of parietal bone. The prefabricated flap was elevated as a 2x2cm sized island flap and reposed in place in 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks after the pedicles transfer in groups II, III, IV, and V, respectively. Five days after flap repositioning, the flap viability and vascularity were evaluated with microangiography and histological study quantitatively. The flap survival was increased in accordance with the implanted period of the pedicle. New vessels developed around the implanted pedicle in the 2nd week, and overall vascularization of the flap was accomplished in the 3rd week. The flap with 4 weeks of implantation period, however, showed the same survival rate as the control group. In conclusion, prefabricated periosteo- fascial flap can be created with a vascular tissue transfer, and the optimal duration of the pedicle implantation is more than 4 weeks to obtain adequate flap survival.

Keywords: Pedicles transfer; Prefabricated periosteofascial flap; Neovascularization

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