A random-pattern skin-flap model in streptozotocin diabetic rats

ISKEN T., OZGENTAS H. E., Gulkesen K. H., Ciftcioglu A.

ANNALS OF PLASTIC SURGERY, vol.57, no.3, pp.323-329, 2006 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 57 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/01.sap.0000221645.92906.5b
  • Journal Name: ANNALS OF PLASTIC SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.323-329
  • Keywords: animal model, diabetes mellitus, flap models, streptozotocin, duratin of the diabetes, HUMAN-ENDOTHELIAL CELLS, BLOOD-FLOW, LONG-TERM, MELLITUS, SURVIVAL, PENTOXIFYLLINE, COMPLICATIONS, MICROANGIOPATHY, HYPERGLYCEMIA, PLATELETS
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Flap operations are frequently performed in diabetic patients. Nevertheless, we could find no experimental study examining diabetes mellitus's effect on the flaps' survival. For this reason, we designed this study as a random-pattern skin-flap model of diabetic rats in 1999.