Fibrosis in tubularized skin flaps in rats, using silicon catheters with two different degrees of flexibility: experimental model Fibrose em retalhos tubulizados de pele de ratos usando cateteres de diferentes flexibilidades como molde: modelo experimental

PURPOSE: Microscopically evaluate the intensity of fibrosis in tubularized skin flaps on the back of Wistar rats, using silicon molds with different degrees of flexibility. METHODS: Twenty rats were submitted to three tubularized skin flaps on their backs. In two tubular flaps, we placed, as a mold,...

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Main Authors: Antonio Henrique Rodrigues dos Passos, Fernando Costa, Lúcio Tedesco Marchese, Sergio Augusto Catanzaro Guimarães, Wilson Aparecido Oreini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2008-06-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502008000300005