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In a comparative experimental work, the deleterious effect of tension, kinking and rotation, were studied using undelayed cutaneous cranially based dorsal flaps, in 105 albino-rats (sabra). The results showed a significant reduction in flap survival length. This is consistently diminished by kinking and rotation as compared to minimal changes produced by tension.
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The authors dedicate this paper to the dear memory of their teacher, the late Prof. Zvi Neuman, who passed away untimely on March 22, 1977
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Wexler, M.R., Sternberg, N., Peled, I. et al. Deleterious mechanical factors on skin flap survival. Chir Plastica 4, 293–296 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00277808
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00277808